Re: PC server vs. Sun server

Zoran Kuret wrote:
>
> Does anyone have experience with comparing Oracle on Sun server vs. PC
> server, for example
> Sun Ultra 170, 256 Mb RAM, HDD 2x4.2,
> and on the other side,
> Brand PC server with 512 Mb RAM, UW SCSI, Raid 5, Dual Pentium Pro 200 MHz
>
> Server would be used in a client/server environment, Oracle 8 database.
>
> What should be the comparision between those two platforms. Does the
> controller speed affect the performance significantly, or the amount of
> memory ???
>
> Any help would be great.
> Thanks

First off, you don't have nearly enough disk drives to do the job unless your database is small or you don't care about the performance impacts of a proper layout. Don't run anything mission critical on the NT machine.... Received on Fri Dec 05 1997 - 00:00:00 CST