On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:29:36 -0800, frank.van.bortel@gmail.com wrote:

> I feel problems araising in the "may only be executed on one processor
> in any server" versus "XE will monitor and enforce those restrictions
> by itself."
> Just curious: how will XE prevent itself from floating over
> (multi-core) processors?

It's not our problem.

Oracle's documentation states that it *will use at most one processor*,
not that we need to worry about it.

Directly from their installation document


"If Oracle Database XE Server is installed on a computer with more than
one CPU (including dual-core CPUs), then it will consume, at most,
processing resources equivalent to one CPU."

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frank.van.bortel@gmail.com wrote:

>
> Anyone who can clarify this: is an XE install on a multi-core, or
> multi-processor environment legal (as XE will use just one processor)


XE will bind itself to just one processor in a multi processor
environment. Basically the background processes are processor bound.

Mark Townsend wrote:
> frank.van.bortel@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>
>> Anyone who can clarify this: is an XE install on a multi-core, or
>> multi-processor environment legal (as XE will use just one processor)
>
>
> XE will bind itself to just one processor in a multi processor
> environment. Basically the background processes are processor bound.

Mark, Hans,
thanks for the feedback

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