Re: running big oracle dbms, on what kind of hardware?

"Cliff Palmer" <cliff_at_palmercs.com> wrote in message news:3A1BEEB7.98415BF0_at_palmercs.com...
> I would echo Jerry's comments and add that we are supporting multiple
> multi-terabyte databases on DEC Alpha E/G/H series boxes. Sun is a fine
> choice, we jsut happen to use Alphaservers.
> I'd recommend you take Jerry's comments to heart and try to clearly
> understand the kinds and levels of activities the box needs to support.
>

I've had that to heart since quite a while, I just couldn't spell it out right it seems. Sorry for that.

Many Alphaboxes you've got there, do they "tune" well with Oracle? The wide memory bandwidth should help nicely, I guess.

Regards,
/fad

> Bastorff wrote:
>
> > Anyone running fairly "big" databases (ok, pretty huge where
> > I come from anyway :-)) , say 40-60GB?
> > What hardware/cpu is capable of running such a beast?
> >
> > I'm looking for experienced comments on suitable and comparable
> > systems... Right now I'm thinking AlphaServer DS20E box, but
> > instead of blindly going by SPEC numbers and thelike, I'd be
> > glad to hear from you (instead of salespitch)! For instance, what
> > SUN cpu box could do the job? Of course, I/O subsystem and network
> > comes in to play but that's for later...
> >
> > Regards,
> > /fad
>
Received on Wed Nov 22 2000 - 19:29:38 CST