Re: Installing Oracle 9i on Linux

Pablo Sanchez wrote:

> DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in news:3E3B6E82.4BF34704
> @exesolutions.com:
>
> >> I had _four_ Oracle Instances running on a Linux box with 192MB of
> >> memory: PII @ 266MHz. Obviously they were not speed demons but they
> >> were adequate for the development and the subsequent testing that
> >> needed to be done.
> >
> > He didn't ask whether it could be installed. He asked "so it has at
> > least a decent speed" and which I think all would agree that isn't
> > going to happen.
>
> 'decent' is subjective. :) I was able to do my port (see
> http://www.hpdbe.com/products/shim.html) and run regressions on the
> app. The final testing involved running across all four instances.
> It wasn't all that bad.
>
> > But I'm not sure I'm buying four instances of 9i in 192MB on a
> > PII-266.8i would be a squeeze. 9i? You've got to be kidding.
>
> Correction, I ran four x 8i with no problems. The databases were
> pretty small so my assumption is that Linux only paged what was
> necessary of the shared memory segment to allow all four to run. I
> would assume the same with 9i. I guess I could try four of 9i but I'm
> heading out on vacation in a bit. :)
>
> But this is one of those situations where I think it's easier for the
> person to simply set them up and run them. It's not all that hard to
> setup four instances.
> --
> Pablo Sanchez, High-Performance Database Engineering
> http://www.hpdbe.com

Thanks for the correction. With 8i I would agree as I have done 2 instances in 64MB RAM so 192 should be a snap. But with 9i ... I can't imagine it working. And I've got a pretty vivid imagination. <g>

Daniel Morgan Received on Sat Feb 01 2003 - 10:31:46 CST