Re: Linux vs. Windows performance.

From: Michael Rothwell <marothwellRemoveThis_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 11:33:52 -0800
Message-ID: <WqWdnTUM64DcrtvdRVn-ig@comcast.com>

Rick Denoire wrote:
> Michael Rothwell <marothwellRemoveThis_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>

>>Has anyone taken an Identical Windows box and Linux box (same hardware 
>>configuration) and tested Oracle performance?  I'm looking for some real 
>>world examples if I move from Windows 2k to linux with Oracle 9i.  The 
>>box currently has 2 1.8 CPUs with 4 disks and 1 G ram.  OLTP system with 
>>tables using about 30 G of space.  About 40 - 100 concurrent users, but 
>>this may double soon.  Can I expect better performance from the Linux box?

>
>
> Go to
> http://www.interealm.com/technotes/roby/pentmark.html
> Impressive comparison.
>
> Bye
> Rick Denoire

Now that's a very good little site. Granted, no "in-depth", but he did use the same hardware and same tests, so there is some good data.

Thanks.

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Received on Wed Mar 03 2004 - 13:33:52 CST