From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Tue Oct 11 15:56:52 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j9BKuqkn022083 for ; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:56:52 -0500 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 j9BKulvX022065 for ; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:56:47 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 35DA11FD102; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:56:42 -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 17417-06; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:56:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 7B79C1FD169; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:56:41 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <49D294A7F272B4438355D7343777A994121E79@kingpin.tranzrail.co.nz> From: Dougie McGibbon To: "Oracle-L@Freelists. Org (E-mail)" Subject: RE: linux vs MS (slight twist on the topic) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:54:39 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C5CEA5.FEF08B30" X-imss-version: 2.12 X-imss-result: Passed X-imss-scores: Clean:4.83717 C:17 M:0 S:5 R:5 X-imss-settings: Baseline:3 C:1 M:1 S:1 R:1 (0.0500 0.0500) X-archive-position: 26743 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: DMcGibbon@tollnz.co.nz Precedence: normal Reply-To: DMcGibbon@tollnz.co.nz X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-mailscan-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-mailscan-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=2.63 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5CEA5.FEF08B30 Content-Type: text/plain They came in three sizes - The storage radiator, The washing machine And the Fridge Freezer (their descriptions from the Admin courses) Ours was the smallest one - I think it could hold up to 6 cpus. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Closson [mailto:kevinc@polyserve.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:48 AM To: Oracle-L@Freelists. Org (E-mail) Subject: RE: linux vs MS (slight twist on the topic) How about running beta's of Oracle 7 on a dual proc Sequent Symmetry box - 2 x 25MHz 486's - as a production server :-) ...ugh, that would be weird since 2 is the minimum number of cpus those system could accommodate...you were 28 CPUs short -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5CEA5.FEF08B30 Content-Type: text/html RE: linux vs MS (slight twist on the topic)

They came in three sizes -
The storage radiator,
The washing machine
And the Fridge Freezer
(their descriptions from the Admin courses)

Ours was the smallest one - I think it could hold up to 6 cpus.



-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Closson [mailto:kevinc@polyserve.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:48 AM
To: Oracle-L@Freelists. Org (E-mail)
Subject: RE: linux vs MS (slight twist on the topic)


       
        How about running beta's of Oracle 7 on a dual proc Sequent
Symmetry box - 2 x 25MHz 486's  - as a production server  :-)
        
...ugh, that would be weird since 2 is the minimum number of cpus
those system could accommodate...you were 28 CPUs short


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