Re: Platform Options

Ray,

I would go for an Alpha box running TruUnix (renamed DigitalUNIX), its the fastest platform for Oracle. Also Compaq are drop the prices of the Alpha range all the time !.

I'm surprised you didn't pick Tandem and NONStop-SQL as the architecture.

Chris.

ray_mrayan_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> I am in the process of recommending a solution for an application that
> could involve a huge number of transactions (upwards of 15 million on certain
> days) with support for a small number of concurrent users.
>
> The database will be 100-200 GB within 30 days, possibly peaking at 500 GB in
> 18 months. There will be heavy disk i/o and need for high availabilty (>
> 98%).
>
> System cost will be an important issue but will not be the deciding factor. I
> beleive the application will generate enough revenue to pay for itself
> because we could add more functionality to bring in additional revenue,if the
> system is really expensive. Performance is a very important factor.
>
> Due to several other app specs,(I have done some basic tpc analysis, also) I
> have chosen Oracle as the RDBMS. Now some of the hardware platform choices
> appear to be:
>
> Unix on RISC System/6000
> Solaris on Enterprise 6500 Server
> NT on ProLiant 6500
> NT on ProLiant 5000
>
> I was wondering if anyone could share some of their experiences using Oracle
> with these systems.
>
> Thanks !
>
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Received on Wed Apr 28 1999 - 17:48:36 CDT