Marc,

Do they have like 100 connections banging the box while you only have one? What do the CPU loads look like?

>Yes, the server is dedicated to SQL only... I think it's enought powerfull. Specs are an IBM X-Series 445, with Quad proc XEON 3 Ghz 4Mo Cache, 8Go RAM, 6HD 15000rpm Raid-5. I was alone connected on the DB with the Query Analyser, directly on the server to make tests.
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>but I don't understand why many SP are faster than here, and other are slower (it's not logical)