Re: Oracle Server H/W Configuration

Connor McDonald wrote in message <363847C9.5983_at_bhp.com.au>...

>Cyncism aside, Billy does have a point...You need to determine that load
>that the machine will wear - what are the users doing ? how often ? etc
>etc...

Maybe I was bit sarcastic but there are simply too many variables to make a judgement call as to what a "typical hardware platform" should be for -any- database.

In addition there's a lot of business factors to consider too. What existing hardware is being used? What maintenance and support contracts are in place? What skills does inhouse IT (or IS) have to support the platform and operating system? What are the budget constraints? What is the expected growth of the system going to be? Cost justification. Do you write your hardware off over 3 or 5 year periods? Etc. Etc.

So yes, I get a bit sarcastic when the "what hardware platform we should use" come up. I have very very seldom seen a system fail because of the underlaying hardware. Hardware is usually easy to fix and upgrade. But I have seen many systems fail because of screw ups by management and project managers making the wrong technical decisions ito development times, development tools, getting involved with technical issues they know nothing about....

>If its any consolation, our very first Oracle db was about 6G with 20
>users, and ran very happily on an old Sun Sparc 20 with no dramas (128M
>RAM, 12x1G disks, 3 controllers)...Ahhh the good ol' days

I remember running my fist "database". A 4MB dBASE 3+ database on a 20MB 8086 Novell file server.... :-)

regards,
Billy Received on Thu Oct 29 1998 - 06:01:18 CST