From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Tue Mar 8 10:28:11 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j28GSBqJ016785 for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:28:11 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j28GS9em016777 for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:28:09 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 1437C7F085; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:26:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02714-02; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:26:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 8C7447EC67; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:26:05 -0500 (EST) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: RE: Projecting resource requirements Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 07:21:39 -0800 Message-ID: <4AE2782C2093B34784E67971035A816004B994F3@ehost011-2.exch011.intermedia.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Projecting resource requirements thread-index: AcUjaCl7SCd0pO9uQzqZsEdd8aDdXQAh9wyQ From: "Leslie Tierstein" To: Cc: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Mar 2005 15:24:20.0622 (UTC) FILETIME=[E68152E0:01C523F2] X-archive-position: 17062 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: leslie.tierstein@visionchain.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: leslie.tierstein@visionchain.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR autolearn=no version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: See comments below.=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Mladen Gogala > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 5:48 PM > To: dnt9000@yahoo.com > Cc: oracle-l@freelists.org > Subject: Re: Projecting resource requirements > You can never have too much CPU power or too much memory.=20 Actually, you can. I know of a project where someone spec'ed a W-A-Y too large database server for a client, which the client spent, oh, about $100,000 more on than is currently required (to support excellent performance), or will be required for the foreseeable future. The client was truly annoyed, and took out their annoyance at my company's over-estimate by finagling, oh, about $100,000 of free services from us. So, you really have to try to get capacity and resources estimated to some degree. You can't err on the low side, or the users won't ever use the system. You can err a little on the high side, and claim that you're planning for future growth. However, you can't err ridiculously on the high side. Leslie Leslie Tierstein Senior Consultant Vision Chain, Inc. The first software to power the demand data network phone: 202-261-3549 -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l