Re: what loading can i expect from adding oracle?

Jay G. Scott wrote:
>
> Solaris 9, sparc.
>
> I have oracle installed, and it's reasonably happy. I'm told
> the use is about to go a lot higher.
>
> I think I have plenty of CPU and enough memory. I know how to
> watch for disk bottlenecks.
>
> I don't know how to monitor things like semaphores, shared
> memory, message queues. Is there something I can do there?
> Does Oracle even use them?
>
> Oracle 9.2.0.4.0
> Infrastructure 9.2.0.3.0
> App Server 9.2.0.3.0
>
> I'm a sysadmin, not a DBA. I won't be asked to look at oracle
> proper.
>
> Seems to me that until something starts to happen, ie, until I
> see a bottleneck, I won't be able to predict the bottleneck.
> I don't have any input on whether the coming oracle load will
> have any particular behavior, and if it did, it would only
> be someone else's prediction. This whole thing is new to
> everybody -- we've never had a previous system. Perhaps
> the user base won't even be interested in it....
>
> Comments?
>
> j.
>
> --
> Jay Scott 512-835-3553 gl_at_arlut.utexas.edu
> Head of Sun Support, Sr. Operating Systems Specialist
> Applied Research Labs, Computer Science Div. S224
> University of Texas at Austin

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connor

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