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Re: Configuring Oracle for an SMP machine

From: toadman <jmmcda_at_mindspring.com>
Date: 1997/12/23
Message-ID: <67n2bu$iph@camel20.mindspring.com>#1/1

>No special version of Oracle is needed.
>Workgroup or Enterprise version are both fine. Parallel Server is used
>with clustered machines.
>
>Have installed Oracle on NT 3.51, NT 4.0 on both Intel and Alpha
>boxes. Have also installed on Netware, SMP Netware (not advised), HP
>Unix, Sun Unix, and Alpha Unix boxes. No differeence in the Oracle
>software for the operating systems in question regardless on number of
>processors.
>
>BTW, Dont believe a thing the Oracle sales reps tell you. They lie for
>a living and are only concerned with making a larger sale.
>
>Hope this helps.

Yes, it helps quite a bit. I just need to confirm now that Oracle is in fact utilizing all processors. It's a quad processor. One question though, exactly what does Oracle thread to different processors: distinct queries or distinct sessions? Received on Tue Dec 23 1997 - 00:00:00 CST

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