Re: 4Gb memory

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 15:14:54 GMT
Message-ID: <3CB456EA.950709B9@exesolutions.com>

And if you are worried about the cost of a decent UNIX box go to eBay and put in as your search criterion "HP 9000" or "Sun Ultra" and you will likely be absolutely amazed. They are certainly less expensive than any comparable COMPAQ, Dell, or similar box.

Daniel Morgan

Nuno Souto wrote:

> Paul Wainwright doodled thusly:
>
> >I wish to use 4 Gb RAM on a windows NT server with Oracle 8.1.7.0.0.
>
> Your best bet is to move to Unix. NT cannot use the entire 4Gb with
> Oracle (or any other database, for that matter). It is limited to use
> 3Gb at the most, with the last Gb reserved for itself (the greedy
> sod!).
>
> The Oracle doco goes at length to explain what you need to ask
> Microsoft to install to get this last 1Gb.
>
> IMHO, a bloody waste of time and resources when you can go up to as
> many Gb as you want by just changing to a decent modern 64-bit OS:
> Unix. Try any of the Solaris or HP/UX variations, most will address
> memory up to Tb, if you can afford it.
>
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam
Received on Wed Apr 10 2002 - 10:14:54 CDT