Re: PC server vs. Sun server

On Sat, 06 Dec 1997 00:18:54 GMT, gedau_at_isa.mim.com.au (George Dau) wrote:

>"David Russell" <user_at_msn.com> wrote:
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>]From a number of benchmarks I have been involved in, if the Hardware is of
>]the same specification, then Oracle on NT is usually slightly faster up to
>]about 3 CPU's after that UNIX is the answer. By Hardware of the same
>]specification I mean; e.g both machines have the same number and type of
>]disks.
>
>That's the first time I have heard anyone make that claim. Very certainly I
>have found Oracle on NT to be slower than on Solaris. I haven't been able to
>make comparisons with the same hardware though. A small Oracle database with 20
>concurrent (client/server) users crawls on NT on a dual CPU 128 Meg RAM Compaq
>Proliant.
>
>A 10 Gig Database with usually 150 concurrent users gives < 2 second response
>times on a Sun 1000e with 512 Meg and 4 X 50 Meg CPUs (yes, 50 Meg CPUs).
>
>Even our smaller databases on Sparc 10s and 20s are faster than the small NT
>one.
>

I strongly agree. If choosing between SUN & NT, then you would pretty much have to get your head examined if you thought NT would be the better way to go.

PC stands for Personal Computer for a reason!

>]
>]Oracle 8 uses more memory than Oracle 7 so be sure to size memory correctly
>]and most large systems I have encountered have I/O bottlenecks rather than
>]CPU. So be sure to calculate your I/O through put requirements and compare
>]them with what the Hardware can achieve.
>]
>]Regards
>]David Russell
>
>--
> ,-,_|\ George Dau, __
>/ * \ Unix (Solaris, DEC Unix, Linux), NT, Oracle, Internet. (OO)
>\_,--\_/ Home: gedau_at_pobox.com Work: gedau_at_mim.com.au ( \/ )
> v WWW: http://pobox.com/~gedau W--W
>
>Food for spambots:
>webmaster_at_SendAd.com suggest_at_SendAd.com onwave_at_mlmail.com
>chrysties_at_mymail.com postmaster_at_anka.von.mute.de
>dan_at_netinstrument.com justdoit_at_ultra-mail.com osg_at_online-success.com
>mrk_at_sympatico.ca chandar_at_powerup.com.au 18384_fred_at_ultra.net
>TALN_at_andromeda.jaycounty.com MANAGER1_at_MLMPRO.NET
>market_at_smithparnell.com gameZONE_at_letterbox.com cheq2_at_hotmail.com
>sales_at_morbrandnames.com quu93_at_flashnet.it jlm_at_ic-asia.com
>FREE_at_lexus.hkg.com ace_at_max.net mankani_at_singnet.com.sg PEEL_at_sis-ltd.com
>CEO_at_sis-ltd.com putpeel_at_putpeel.com 195_mail_at_earthlink.net
>BdavidC_at_aaanews.com tootoogood_at_hotmail.com Remove_at_iemmc.org
Received on Sun Dec 07 1997 - 00:00:00 CST