Re: What is up with ISM?

Ever tried to catch a pig ?

They are pretty fast and this is no reference to the subscribers alt.autos.bmw

No Spam Please wrote in message <6l8oru$l5j_at_nnrp3.farm.idt.net>...
>I just turned up a system with
> Oracle 7.3.3
> Solaris 2.6
> 2 Processor Sun UE 3000
> 512MB RAM
> Veritas Volume Manager (38 drives)
> Veritas File System
>
>and it is a pig. Somebody mentioned that it is so slow
>because Intimate Shared Memory (ISM) is not available on
>this configuration.
>
>My question is does ISM really provide that much of a
>performance boost and, if so, when will Sun provide
>it or why don't they provide it?
>
>The "pig" reference is in comparison to a uni-processor
>Sun 150 with less RAM, fewer drives, no-striping, etc.
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>
Received on Sun Jun 07 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT