Re: DEC Alpha 8400/Oracle7&8 for DW

From: Kevin P. Fleming <kfleming_at_access-laserpress.com>
Date: 1998/01/23
Message-ID: <34C92DEA.7719CA5A@access-laserpress.com>#1/1

Oracle8 has many, many performance optimizations that will come into play in a data warehousing environment. I'd suggest that unless you have some overriding reason _not_ to choose it, you go with Oracle8.

Michael Phillippi wrote:
>
> I would appreciate any feedback regarding pros/cons of using Oracle
> 7.3.x or Oracle 8.0.x on DEC Alpha 8400 running Digital Unix for a data
> warehousing environment.
>
> Here are some additional specs on the server.
> OS: 4.0c
> Memory: 4G
> Disk Space: 50G
> Processors: 2
>
> I cannot change the server or the DBMS vendor. I only have to choose
> between the versions of Oracle.
>
> I am already familiar with the differences in functionality between
> Oracle7 and Oracle8. I am more interested in any bugs or performance
> considerations concerning either release running on the DEC Alpha.
Received on Fri Jan 23 1998 - 00:00:00 CST