Globals are multidimensional sparse arrays which are stored in InterSystems Data Platform. Everything in InterSystems Products is stored in Globals: Classes, Tables, Documents, Code.
Parallel query hinting boosts certain query performances on multi-processor systems via parallel processing. The SQL optimizer determines when this is beneficial. On single-processor systems, this hint has no effect.
Parallel processing can be managed by:
Setting the auto parallel option system-wide.
Using the %PARALLEL keyword in the FROM clause of specific queries.