We run 7 production databases on one W2K box. I have no problem with that
at all.
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Terry Dykstra
Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
"NetComrade" <andreyNSPAM_at_bookexchange.net> wrote in message
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> We have up to 7-10 databases running on a single box and they're all
> 'production'.
>
> The only way I would see this as 'not recommended', since each
> database has an overhead--memory, cpu, disk space, dba time, backups,
> etc, etc.
>
> The benefit of having separate instances is if one app goes bad, it
> could be isolated to a single db.
>
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:14:19 +0100, "John Guthrie"
> <john_at_guthrie.co.za> wrote:
>
> >I know it is possible to have multiple instances running on the same box
> >but:
> >
> >Can someone tell me if their is an official line that says Oracle does
NOT
> >recommend running multiple instances on the same box.
> >
> >AND
> >
> >Can someone tell me if running multiple instances on the same box is ever
> >used in 'the real world'?
> >
> >The reason for the questions above is that we have made a request to run
2
> >instances on the same box and this request was denied saying that Oracle
do
> >not recommend running more than 1 instance on the same box and that this
is
> >not done in 'the real world'. (the box which we will be using is more
than
> >capable of handling 2 instances - spec in this case is not the issue.)
> >
> >
>
> .......
> We use Oracle 8.1.7.4 on Solaris 2.7 boxes
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