Prespawned dedicated servers are dedicated servers started by the listener at startup before any incoming connection requests. They improve the time it takes to establish a connection on servers where multi-threaded server (MTS) is not used. They also use allocated memory and system resources better by recycling server processes for use by other connections without shutting down and recreating a server.

Note: Prespawned dedicated servers are not available on Windows NT. Oracle Corporation recommends that you use MTS rather than prespawned dedicated servers to solve performance and scalability problems.

To create prespawned dedicated servers for database services:

1. In the navigator pane, expand Net8 Configuration > Local > Listeners.

2. Select a listener.

3. From the list in the right pane, select Database Services.

4. Choose Use Prespawned Dedicated Server, and choose Configure Prespawned Servers. The Configure Prespawned Servers dialog box appears.

5. Specify the number of dedicated servers to start for each protocol.

6. Choose File > Save Network Configuration.