Processor Type, Speed, and Number of Processors

Intelligence Server recognizes the type and speed of the machine's CPUs, and performs faster on a machine with multiple CPUs. If Intelligence Server is consistently using a great deal of processor capacity, greater than 80 percent, for example, it may be a sign that a faster processor would improve the system's capacity. In Windows, you can monitor the processor usage with the Windows Performance Monitor.

If you upgrade a machine's CPU, make sure you have the appropriate license to run Intelligence Server on the faster CPU. For example, if you upgrade the processor on the Intelligence Server machine from a 2 GHz to a 2.5 GHz processor, you should obtain a new license key from MicroStrategy.

Intelligence Server is also aware of the number of processors it is allowed to use according to the license key that you have purchased. For example, if a machine running Intelligence Server has two processors and you upgrade it to four, Intelligence Server uses only the two processors and ignores the additional two until you purchase a new license key from MicroStrategy. Also, if several Intelligence Server machines are clustered, the application ensures that the total number of processors being used does not exceed the number licensed.

For detailed information about CPU licensing, see CPU Licenses.