Re: Oracle 7.3.4 performance on 2-450Mhz vs 4-200Mhz

I would add to that. If you are running NT, switch to Linux and you will see a significant gain on either the 2 450's or the 4 200's.

But to your real question, It really depends on your app as the others have said. If your load is often fairly heavy, I would say to go with the 4-200's, but if the load has peaks and valley's then I would say go with the 2-450's. I would also say that if you can upgrade the 2-450's to 4 or more later, then I would definitely go with the 450's. The 200's are really ancient, and I don't even know if you are talking about a PII or a Pentium pro (I never heard of a 200Mhz PII) If you aren't comparing apples to apples, then go with the 450's again.

David Sisk <davesisk_at_ipass.net> wrote in message news:43%y3.1308$tp2.1326_at_news.ipass.net...
> Hi:
>
> I would assume that since you're using Compaq boxes, you're using
WindowsNT.
> WindowsNT's processor scaleability pretty much stinks. You'll get better
> performance out of 2 faster CPU's than you will out of 4 slower CPU's.
>
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> jboehler_at_my-deja.com wrote in message <7qgii2$h47$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
> >Given the choice of running Oracle 7.3.4 on one
> >of the following boxes, which would perform,
> >better:
> >
> >Compaq Proliant 6500R 2Gig RAM, CPUs 4 @ 200Mhz
> >Compaq Proliant 5500R 2Gig RAM, CPUs 2 @ 450Mhz
> >
> >Given all else is the same are we better off with
> >the 2 CPUs at 450Mhz or 4 CPUs @ 200Mhz?
> >
> >Thanx,
> >Jeff Boehlert
> >jboehler_at_ctron.com
> >
> >
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Received on Wed Sep 01 1999 - 00:08:14 CDT