Re: Laptop Oracle exercises
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:38:53 -0700
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Yes, that MAA environment might be an ultimate objective. Might be the justification for a solid, used, desktop such as a Precision 490 with 32GB RAM on eBay - I see a number for under USD$1500 and two refurbs there for USD$800
However, going from rusty to comfortable could be accomplished with 2-3 VMs on an 8GB machine, and I have given DataGuard (command line) seminars with 2 very small VMs on 4GB machines. On my 16GB MacBook Pro, I give demos with a Cloud Control VM and 3 operational VMs, for nearly everything except performance discussions.
For learning, Dell refurb Optiplex 755/760 Small Form Factor machines at roughly $150 (with online coupon) and a GB network - as I have in my lab - work nicely as well.
The point is, where there is a will ...
/Hans
On 09/01/2014 11:10 AM, Niall Litchfield wrote:
> The challenge with VMs will be similar to that in the 32g laptop
> thread. If you want to look at MAA then you'll need a minimum of 4 vms
> running. For many, but not all, laptops that will be challenging.
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