Re: Hardware Requirements - Oracle DB

Difficult to say but I would go for something like a compaq ML570 2 CPU's, 2Gb RAM and 12 disks.

Should do the trick.

Al

"Brendt Hess" <bhess_at_rsmedical.com> wrote in message news:ab39b0c2.0112111431.26fd2bc4_at_posting.google.com...
> We are looking at migrating our current applications, which are based
> on a Btrieve / Pervasive transactional DB, to an Oracle or SQL Server
> environment. Currently, our DB access speed is fine, but since the
> access method is proprietary, our capability for migration to other DB
> back ends if needed for future growth is somewhat limited.
>
> Right now, I'm looking for some educated guesstimates - what sort of
> hardware would you put in place to support a system with these
> requirements:
>
> 150 users now, up to 300 users in the next few years
> DB size - 10 Gb now, up to 30Gb projected in 5 years
>
> Current / Projected usage: The program set supported is primarily an
> Order / Inventory / Billing system, developed in house. There are
> three primary programs (Order Entry / Edit / Interactive Lookup,
> Inventory, A/R Entry/Update), with a large number of subsidiary
> non-interactive reports (everything from a Commission system to daily
> backlogs - you know the drill).
>
> We would like to have the interactive programs responsive even if
> there are some larger reports or other data manipulation activities
> running against the server.
>
> If this was being put into place, what sort of H/W requirements would
> you project for the DB Server?
>
> Brendt
Received on Fri Dec 14 2001 - 09:21:25 CST