Josh Berkus wrote: > Tom, > > > Having to recompile to run on single- vs dual-processor machines doesn't > > seem like it would fly. > > Oh, I don't know. Many applications require compiling for a target > architecture; SQL Server, for example, won't use a 2nd processor without > re-installation. I'm not sure about Oracle. > > It certainly wasn't too long ago that Linux gurus were esposing re-compiling > the kernel for the machine. > > And it's not like they would *have* to re-compile to use PostgreSQL after > adding an additional processor. Just if they wanted to maximize peformance > benefit. > > Also, this is a fairly rare circumstance, I think; to judge by my clients, > once a database server is in production nobody touches the hardware.
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