Re: Server Advice Needed
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 02:40:43 GMT
Message-ID: <LGSJ9.117418$pN3.8994_at_sccrnsc03>
You need to answer the question "Where is the bottleneck?" Are you CPU
bound? You are probably disk io bound.
Jim
"J.L. Brown" <brownj_at_rcbhsc.wvu.edu> wrote in message
news:70ba5ee3.0212111358.37cb6277_at_posting.google.com...
> Hello,
> We are in the process of purchasing a new server:
> 2 - 1.5 gig Xeon processors
> 6 gigs of RAM
> We are currently running an Oracle 8i database, but will upgrade to
> 9i. The database is a data warehouse. We update the data in the
> database 1x per month, process the data with Cognos applications
> (Transformer), and place Cognos PowerPlay cubes on the server for
> clients to connect to remotely. There is about a one week period of
> intense data processing. Will be using Windows 2000 Advanced Server.
> There are approximately 20 end users that will connect to the server
> at any given time.
>
> We have a little extra $$ to spend and don't know if it would be
> better to add one more 1.5 g Xeon processor, or add 2 more gigs of
> ram. We are aware that there is a price difference between the
> processor and ram, but would like to know which would be most
> beneficial at the time.
>
> Any advice is appreciated. I hope I have given enough information.
> Thanks
> J.L.
Received on Thu Dec 12 2002 - 03:40:43 CET