Re: Why shouldn't I run an Oracle database on a PDC?

"Sean Brandt" <seanb_at_lonelyplanet.com> wrote in message news:110b6d4f.0305300732.13db112c_at_posting.google.com...
> Hi,
> I haven't yet had the oportunity to work with any Oracle products so
> I'd like to find out the answer to the quesion of why I shouldn't run
> an Oracle database on a server that is acting as the PDC of a Windows
> NT domain. Here's the situation...
>
> I'm purchasing a new server on which to have an Oracle database
> installed. The specs of the server are:
>
> Dell Poweredge 1650
> 1.13 ghz processor
> 512 mb ram
> 36 gb HD
>
> The DB is HR/payroll related. According to the documentation if there
> are roughly 5000 employees the Oracle db will require 2.6 gb. We have
> 80 employees whose records would be in the DB, so I imagine it would
> be considerably less. We would have only 2-3 people actually accessing
> the DB on a daily basis.
>
> Our NT 4 domain has again, 80 users with a PDC and BDC on one subnet,
> and an additional BDC on a seperate subnet.
>
> My boss has requested I make this new server the PDC of our domain, in
> addition to running DNS,DHCP and WINS.
>
> So, considering the activities of this server as related to the NT
> domain and networking services, the specs of the server and the size
> and activity of the Oracle DB would it be ok to have all of these on
> the same server?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Sean

Eggs in one basket. The basket is being contructed from damp papertowels. How many eggs do you want to put in the basket?

ken k Received on Fri May 30 2003 - 16:35:13 CDT