Re: Questions about machine

Martin Kleinman wrote:

> I've got the following machine and software.
>
> Pentium 400
> 384 MB memory
> WIN NT 4.0 with SP 5.0.
>
> Oracle 8.1.7 Database
> Oas 4.0.8.1 webserver
>
> The system is running stable but slow..
>
> When the database is started the system is already using 450MB
> memory and after starting up OAS it uses the whopping amount
> of 550MB!
>
> And the database installation is MINIMAL (SGA size about
> 60mb). The Oracle process is only using 90mb when I check it
> on the processes tab.
>
> The questions I've got :
>
> - Can I install WINNT SP 6.0a on the machine without the risk
> that Oracle will stop working?
>
> - Is there a way to speedup the database/webserver?
>
> Will an upgrade to 512MB memory solve my problems?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Martin Kleinman,
> webdeveloper (Yes I'm a Oracle webdeveloper, not a Ora DBA ;]]
> therefore the questions ;]]]]]]]]]]]]] )
>

        You need to add lots of RAM. Based on the 550MB and the fact that you have configured for a small installation I would suggest that you expand to at least 1GB of RAM. After you do so change to the large parameters in the init.ora file.

-- 
Jerry Gitomer
Once I learned how to spell DBA, I became one