You can have multiple 7.x on your server, as long as the major number is
different.
I agree that you have to patch all the instances at the same time if using
the same 7.x. It's not a big deal. I don't have the luxury of having one
NT box per one or two instances.
--
Terry Dykstra (TeamPS)
Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
David Sisk wrote in message ...
>Whew! Why have 8 instances on one NT server? Aren't upgrades and
>maintenance an absolute nightmare? (For instance, you can't apply a patch
>to one without applying it to all 8, unless you running Oracle8 and have
>them setup in different Oracle homes.)
>
>--
>David C. Sisk
>The Unofficial ORACLE on NT site
>http://www.ipass.net/~davesisk/oont.htm
>
>
>Terry Dykstra wrote in message <36c08c1b.0_at_news.cadvision.com>...
>>So what would you recommend when you have 8 instances on one NT server
>>(768MB).
>>
>>--
>>Terry Dykstra (TeamPS)
>>Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
>>Marcus N Hofer wrote in message ...
>>>if just the DB server, the TNS listener and nothing (remarkable) else
>>>is running on the NT server, donīt hesitate and give 2/3 of the memory
>>>to the SGA if the memory as such is bigger than 128 MB!
>>>
>>>I increased the SGA at a customers NT server(512MB) with heavy query
>>>load from 1/2 to 2/3 of physical memory and retrieved a pretty good
>>>performance increase.
>>>
>>>regards,
>>>--marcus
>>>
>>>
>>>skubiszewski_at_Eisner.DECUS.Org schrieb in Nachricht ...
>>>>It seems to be common to size the SGA at 1/3rd of physical memory
>>>>but is this true for Windows NT?
>>>>
>>>>What would you recommend as a "rule of thumb" for setting
>>>>the SGA on an NT box?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Rose
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Received on Thu Feb 11 1999 - 15:07:32 CST
