Yes it can use multiple cores. Mysqld is a multithreaded service. Saravanan
--- On Sat, 5/10/08, JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Best CPU config for a busy DB server > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Date: Saturday, May 10, 2008, 3:52 AM > Hey everyone, > > I'm pretty sure this is right but I wanted to > double-check: > > Is it correct that mysql 5.0 is threaded in such a way that > a DB server taking > lots of queries from many clients will be able to utilize > lots of CPUs/core > on a multi-cpu, multi-core system? > > Or are multi CPUs/cores a waste? > > Thanks, > > JW > -- > > ---------------------- > System Administrator - Cedar Creek Software > http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]