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> multi-core CPU's is to handle multi threaded applications better - Sorry, but your claims would require proof. "multi-tasking" means multi-process and multi-thread as well. The main difference usually is that a process has it own address space, while a thread works in the address space of the creating process. Both needs to be scheduled to get processor time - just threads don't require to change the address space. Multicore CPUs handle multi-process and multi-thread applications as well. Differences can exist in the operating system scheduler, given the same CPU. > Unlike Oracle Server and Apache Server, CVSNT server spawns a unique Oracle spawns threads under Windows only - and AFAIK Apache too. Under *nix, Oracle spawns processes. That's because spawning processes under Windows is heavier than under *nix. >will see each core listed as a CPU - which is complete rubbish - a core >is not a CPU. However a CPU can be as poor a performer (or worse) than A core *is* a CPU - it's not "hyperthreading" where the same CPU would act as something alike a dual CPU, but not a full one. The difference is that "cores" are on the same chip, and may (not must...) share something - like L2 cache or the like. There are advantages and disavantages, in such shared design. IMHO, if CVS will spawn a different process for each client connection, and is I/O intensive, it will benefit more from a multicore CPU than a high speed single core one. -- Luigi D. Sandon