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>>>I've got a number of questions which I hope you can help me with.
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>>>1) Can FoxPro take advantage of multiple processors? Can it take advantage of the multiple core processors?
>>Vfp running is single thread. but look at a). Also the system task running encryption or deflating utilizes other cores/cpus.
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>>>a. Should we invest money in the latest processors, or will FoxPro be unable to utilize them?
>>not really. go for memory and disk.
>>BUT West Wind OTOH uses many vfp processes, so go for the best. Also "worker scenarios" can be implemented, here cores/mult. cpu's help.
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>>>Any or all suggestions would be appreciated.
>>Describing your intended use up front (with numbers if possible)
>>will give you better answers.
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>There are really two machines. A dual core will be fine for one because it will only be crunching data. Don't think that a quad core will be useful here. The other will be used for a web app and I believe we'll probably want a quad core for that one. The web app does some data crunching but mostly it's just spitting out data send from the 1st machine.
sounds reasonable - but my expirience such dedicated machines often get saddled with other tasks within months. Also only unless many tasks from the webserver are created/needed in parallell on the 2-core. The interdependency there is totally unclear for me currently - in one of the scenarios I visualize you create a bottleneck with the 2-core.
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