RE: Sizing a new server

From: Kimberly Smith <kimberly.smith_at_gmd.fujitsu.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 09:50:27 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00344704.20010709085122@fatcity.com>

Get
the biggest, kick ass server they will let you buy.  If your site is anything like mine they just keep asking for more and more databases.  So no matter what I have now I know its not enough.  I am really happy with the nice new N-class HP cluster I have sitting next door running Service Guard.  I am also getting a A-class database cluster for some important but not fab critical databases.  Now if I can only get ride of the 5 K-class database servers.  Its kind of like when you go from a fast to a slow PC.  Drives me crazy.  Not that there are issues with performance from the databases.  It would only be me, while playing (which of course means working) on the server, that would notice.

  <FONT face=Tahoma
  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Koivu, Lisa   [mailto:lisa.koivu_at_efairfield.com]Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 8:30   AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject:   Sizing a new server
  Good morning everyone,
  Lucky me, I get to choose the size of the   server this company should consider purchasing.  I have been poking   around on the net for any guidelines - I can make guesses based upon my gut   feel and how strapped the current unix server is, but I want to be able to   back this up with hard numbers.  This is for a dw application.   Can anyone point me to a website, book, or   anything in particular that can help me justify sizing a machine?  It's   so fun working for a company that doesn't have a sysadmin on staff...    

  Thanks
  Lisa Koivu <FONT

  face="Book Antiqua" size=2>Oracle Data Bored Administrator <FONT 
  face=Tahoma size=2>Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA <FONT face=Tahoma 
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