Re: Would you recommend having multiple instances on the same box?

"John Guthrie" <john_at_guthrie.co.za> writes:

> 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 run 10 or so database instances on our production server and more on the qa/development server. We are also running 7.3.4, 8i and soon 9i. We have found no problems with this and have been doing it for a long time. As long as your box can handle it, can't see any problems.

Tim

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