Re: Platform choice

IMHO, it all depends on what you want to do with the data..There will be different needs, environments, etc for Transaction Processing than for DSS or Data Warehouse apps,,,

In general tho' -
Solaris is Oracle 'native' flavor and it releases updates for that platform first...

Lots on RAM ( 512K and up for large use)

Fast processor(s) - use parallel processing whenever possible....

Lots of disk space - and a good RAID ing setup ( Oracle Tuning manuals will have details )

Like most software - the more the better for RAM and Disk space - unlike some, however, Oracle can actually benefit from large increases....

Jamie Kincaid <jamie_at_thale.nott.ac.uk> wrote:

>
>Hello,
>
>I'm looking for advice on platform choice for an oracle database.
>What specifications in particular should I be looking at when
>purchasing a server to run Oracle 8i and Oracle application server.
>
>Compaq claim their DS20 model is 'ideal' for running Oracle.
>But I am unsure of what makes it so 'ideal'. What do you need to best
>serve Oracle (apart from lots of diskspace if you need it).
>Is Oracle more suited to a sun or a DEC or an NT or is it down to the
>OS?
>
>Many thanks for any advice received.
>
>Jamie
>
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