DirectConnect 12.6 uses Open Server preemptive scheduling that uses native operating system threads. The operating system controls context switches that result in:
Frequent context switches for improved time slicing
More efficient CPU usage
Higher throughput and greater scalability
SMPOS is implemented for the following ECDA products:
ECDA option for DB2 UDB (DirectConnect for DRDA)
ECDA option for Microsoft SQL Server (DirectConnect for Microsoft SQL Server)
ECDA option for Informix (DirectConnect for Informix)
ECDA option for ODBC (DirectConnect Anywhere)
ECDA option for Oracle (DirectConnect for Oracle) was
converted to SMPOS in the 12.5 release.
