That is not really a bad recommendation. It is a Solaris
recommendation I have seen implemented by many
unix admins. Remember solaris needs to run on the machine too
not just one DB. And with 32GB of memory other databases will
soon follow (server consolidation) otherwise save the cash
spent on a E12K and buy a little V880.
"Chris Manning" <chris.manning_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e83b15e8.0409160528.36879220_at_posting.google.com...
> Hey Gurus:
>
> Im looking for some advice on swap space.
>
> I have a 16CPU 32GB RAM, 8GB swap E12k domain, that I'm going to be
> running a small (1GB) Oracle 9 database on. When the preinstall script
> is run, it recommends that I have at least 32GB of swap. Is that
> really sane? Considering the size of my DB, and my physical memory?
>
> thanks!
>
> -chris
Received on Thu Sep 16 2004 - 18:42:53 CDT
