RE: Sizing a new server

Hi Lisa,
 You may want to take a look at a paper #112 at Craig Shallahamer's site http://www.orapub.com, titled "The Ratio Modeling Technique: Quickly Performing Low Confidence Capacity Predictions Using Ratio Modeling". It has recently been updated. It would give you some ideas to generate those numbers and/or ask for more information that would help generate those numbers.

HTH, Regards,

• Kirti Deshpande Verizon Information Services http://www.superpages.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koivu, Lisa [SMTP:lisa.koivu_at_efairfield.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 1:36 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Sizing a new server
>
> Thanks Kimberly,
>
> I wish it was that way. I have to justify my request with hard numbers or
> they are going to laugh at me when I say, "Because that's what I want".
> :) They don't yet know how I'd react to that, it would be a knee-jerk
> type of reaction involving creative expletives... not pretty.
>
> Good for you. At least you have some real hardware and true HA. I wish I
> did
>
> Lisa
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kimberly Smith [SMTP:kimberly.smith_at_gmd.fujitsu.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 12:51 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Sizing a new server
>
> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koivu, Lisa [ <mailto:lisa.koivu_at_efairfield.com>]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 8:30 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: 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
> Oracle Data Bored Administrator
> Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
> 954-935-4117
>
>
>
>

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