more info about: Re: Which DEC/Ultrix box to pick?

In article <1992Sep13.044653.2579_at_u.washington.edu> cintra4_at_milton.u.washington.edu (Dave Lange) writes: This paragraph was left out of my message, sorry. I have chosen Oracle for a database to hold 500M to 1.5G of data for querying, not transactions or dataentry. It will be used by a maximum of 5 users at a time. I originally intended to use oracl.nlm on a dedicated netware server. The hardware was to be an EISA based 486DX2-66 with 17M, an Adaptec 1740 SCSI contro and a 32 bit ethernet board.

>I would like to consider shifting this to unix, using the DEC platforms.
>I understand unix has a flat loading curve as the number of users
>increases, but this isn't my situation. What I need is the lower part
>of this load curve to match or exceed the performance the NLM would have
>provided on the selected platform.
>
>Without starting wars over whose system is better, I would like to know
>what you have found out, in terms of benchmarks or use, about which
>Ultrix box will give me equivalent performance in my situation.
>
>Also, how close to the top of the list is Ultrix in terms of when new
>releases of Oracle are ported to different platforms?
>
>Your choice to post or email me. TIA
>
>Dave Lange (cintra4_at_u.washington.edu)
Received on Sun Sep 13 1992 - 18:54:29 CEST