Re: Oracle 7 for Netware questions
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 18:36:50 GMT
Message-ID: <rsanto-141294141909_at_165.112.78.7>
In article <3ci2cj$2gg_at_mocha.state.ak.us>, bobr_at_adfg.state.ak.us (Robert J.
Ryznar) wrote:
>
> We are running Oracle 7 with Netware 3.12. The platform
> is an IBM Server/95 which has 48mb RAM, SCSI disk controller and room
> for 5 full height drives. We are planning on 20 simultaneous users
> running an in-house Gupta SQLWindows client/server application. The
> database should be under a 1.5GB and grow 18% per year. I have some
> questions specific to this platform.
> 1. What is the minimum number of disks you would go with on this
> Platform? Everything I've read suggests 4 to 5 disks minimum, but
> they're usually talking about VAX or Unix systems not Netware.
> 2. How much memory would you recommend?
> 3. If anyone has a similar configuration I would appreciate any comments,
> criticisms or advice.
> TIA
I have been running Oracle 7.0.16.6.2 on a Netware 3.11 Compaq proliant
server for about 6 months now. The server is a pentium P66(I'm keeping my
fingers crossed) with 128MB RAM. My database is a little smaller than yours
about 200MB that resides on one mirrored internal disk drive. Presently the
database is running smoothly and efficently with about 15 con-current
users.
You might consider two disk drives and certainly more memory at least 96MB. I would also suggest you run this server as a dedicated database server, you can run into problems if you run other services on the file server because the oracle kernel runs in ring 0.
Rob Santomartino Email:rsanto_at_irp.nida.nih.gov Received on Wed Dec 14 1994 - 19:36:50 CET