Re: My db

From: Ana C. Dent <anacedent_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:52:24 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns9587B5D187770SunnySD@68.6.19.6>

"Mill" <mill.h_at_ntlworld.com> wrote in
news:KL7dd.321$mT.59_at_newsfe6-gui.ntli.net:

> Hi
>
> Currently have a oracle 8i database running on a windows 2k box with
> 100 users, my company is now
> looking to link up a branch office in Spain with an additional 150
> users accessing the db via the internet (VPN)
>
> The server spec is as follows
>
> 2 X 1.4ghz cpu
> 8gb Ram
> 800mb Network
>
> Do you thing it would be worth upgrading the server for all these
> additional users ? Are there any issues
> running a app via the vpn and forcing the oracle server down ?
>
> Your comments would be appreciated.

It depends.
How busy in the existing CPU, RAM, disks? What is an "800mb Network"?
250 users is not that many users, but it depends on what they do to the system. Before I changed jobs I had close to 2000 concurrent sessions against a single DB. Received on Tue Oct 19 2004 - 19:52:24 CDT