Re: Any recommendations for intel boxes for Oracle 7.3?

From: Richard Powell <OpenSolutions_at_worldnet.att.net>
Date: 1998/01/13
Message-ID: <69fun0$77c@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net>#1/1

I would recommend an alpha 600 mhz. you can contact DEC and get the price on multiprocessor Alphas. They are usually less than multiprocessor Intel boxes and outperform them by far.

Rick

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Rick Powell
Open Solutions
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Todd Hale <thale_at_nospam.novell.com> wrote in article <690t78$cch$1_at_beast.sjf.novell.com>...
> We're going production with a database and need to buy a beefy machine
 that is
> optimized for Oracle 7.3 on NT or NetWare. We're getting the following
> features, but what else is important?
>
> 512 MB ram
> 30 GB raid system
>
> Which processor set is better?
>
> 4 Pentium 200s or 2 Pentium II 300s
>
> Anything else? Are there any published benchmarks out there (I haven't
 found
> any on the web, yet).
>
> Any information would be *greatly* appreciated.
>
> Todd Hale --> dolthead
> thale_at_nospam.novell.com
>
Received on Tue Jan 13 1998 - 00:00:00 CST