Re: Sparc vs. Intel - Central vs. Local Storage

From: Peter Sylvester <peters_at_mitre.org>
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 14:39:33 -0400
Message-ID: <3CFFAC65.B2BB6EED@mitre.org>

There's a new article on OTN, which implies SGA sizes up to aroung 8GB with the newer Linux releases:

http://otn.oracle.com/tech/linux/pdf/1_linuxVM_v2_accepted.pdf

-Peter

Viacheslav Leichinsky wrote:
>
> seth_at_northrops.com (Seth Northrop) wrote in message news:<541e251e.0206050836.6000b9ba_at_posting.google.com>...
> > Greetings!
>
> >
> > What would be the best option for an application similar to the one
> > above? We are considering either a Dell Poweredge 6600 (dual ~1.4Ghz
> > XEON, 8GB RAM w/ Linux) or a SunFire V880 (Dual Sparc III @ 900Mhz w/
> > only 4GB of RAM w/ Solaris 8 or 9).
>
> Hello,
>
> I doubt that Oracle can use SGA > 2 GB under Linux.
>
> Regards,
> Slava
Received on Thu Jun 06 2002 - 13:39:33 CDT