Re: PostgreSQL process architecture question. - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: PostgreSQL process architecture question.
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In response to PostgreSQL process architecture question.  ("Amber" <guxiaobo1982@hotmail.com>)
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On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Amber <guxiaobo1982@hotmail.com> wrote:
> We know PostgreSQL uses one dedicated server process to serve one client
> connection, what we want to know is whether PostgreSQL use multiple threads
> inside agents processes to take advantage of multiple CPUs. In our site we
> have only a few concurrent connections, so what occurs inside agent process
> is very important to us.

No it doesn't.  One connection gets one process which uses one CPU at a time.

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