Re: Having 3-4 small databases on same server ?

Christian Svensson wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> We are about to consolidate 3-4 small databases into one (Unix)
> server. Before they reside on old Sparstation machines and we want to
> throw those out, about time...
>
> Are there any special things to be aware of besides:
>
> - We cant upgrade Oracle on just one of the databases, we have to take
> them all in one time. (am aware of multiple $ORACLE_HOME)
> - When the server have to reboot, all databases are affected
> - Careful sizing of SGA for the databases
> - Make sure that the server can stand up with the expected user load
> from all the databases
>
> Anyone know what Oracle says about this ?
> Are there any documentation about this ?
>
> Thanks for any comments on this.
>
> Regards
>
> Christian
>

TIPS: install all oracle binaries in one ORACLE_HOME for each database you want to run. Then you can patch/upgrade one without affecting all the others. Then you dont get a catch 22 with software aaa version 5 can only run on xxx.y.z but shelfware bbb isn't certified, only on ggg.k.p Else there is no problems running many versions/database simul. on one box as long there is (fitting number) of disks and memory to use. /Svend Jensen Received on Thu Feb 21 2002 - 12:24:40 CST