Re: DEC Alpha and Oracle

Just to build on what Joe said, you should do transactions analysis to get a profile of what the machine would be expected to do. Given those numbers - even good guesstimates will help - you can take a reasonable shot at configuring a server.

jh

Joe Kazimierczyk (kaz_at_bms.com) wrote:
: Anup Jalan wrote:
: > ...
: > DEC Alpha running Oracle 7.3
: > About 30 concurrent users
: > Database size approx. 4 GB
: > Mainly OLTP applications
: > Front end - Win 95/PowerBuilder
: >
: > What configuration would you recommend for the Server:
: > How much RAM?
: > What OS - NT or UNIX ? Why ?
: >
: > Any suggestions?
: >
 

: It's very tough to answer questions like this.
: The amount of ram depends alot on the application, how active
: those 30 users will be, what % of the data if most frequently
: accessed, etc.
: As for the OS, that can be a very 'religious' subject. If there's
: an existing support staff, I'd say go with whatever they are
: comforatable with supporting.
 

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: kazimiej_at_bms.com

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