Hi Bret,
Great! One more thing to try after the current test that is running as I write this. I believe I will need to change the following parameters to enable use of worker processes:
max parallel degree
max query parallel degree
max scan parallel degree
min pages for parallel scan
memory per worker process
number of worker processes
Please let me know if I am missing anything or if I need not bother with any of the above.
The server is running with 4 engines at startup with a maximum of 4 engines.
And, BTW, I was able to get a host that is connected to SAN with no other clients databases on it!
I will keep you posted.
Anil