Re: Oracle Workgroup Server and Netware

cmarks_at_vines.etn.com wrote:
>
> I currently run a 250-user license of Netware 3.12 with anywhere from
> 130-170 users connecting at any one time. This server is also used for
> file/print services as well. It is a single processor HP LX/Pro 200 with
> 768 MB RAM and 45GB of hard drive space. I also have Oracle Workgroup
> server loaded on this box. When 10-20 users are using the Oracle app.,
> performance on the server is fine. When 20+ users begin to use the
> Oracle app., performance begins to go in the toilet. I can watch my
> Resource Utilization on the server spike from 3-100% and stay there for
> 2-10 seconds. Problem is....clients begin to time out. These are P5-200
> clients running PCI network cards. I know that I "should" be running
> Oracle on a different box...but I would have to purchase another $50k
> server to get good performance. Any suggestions ????
>
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I'm not sure you're in the right newsgroup (comp.arch!), but I have to say there's _two_ things wrong with running Oracle on your Netware file and print server. First thing is, as you admit, it probably belongs on a separate server. But the second, and I believe stronger, point is that you shouldn't even be running Oracle on Netware at all! Oracle is a creature of Unix and Netware is a very weak application server (It's beautifully optimized for large-scale file and print services). I suspect that a dual PPro server with 256 MB or so, running Solaris Intel or UnixWare (either is good) would cost maybe as little as $10,000 and be more than adequate for any load your likely to see. I have no experience integrating these with Netware networks but I think they do rather well these days in these environments. Buying another Netware server is probably a bad idea (for this role, anyway).

If you just can't stomach Unix (almost anyone, given time, can learn to love it) then even Windows NT is better than Netware. So wimp out with Windows if you must, but don't try to run big databases on Netware!

BTW, if you're $50k figure referred to a Unix/RISC system, that would certainly do the _best_ job. But don't belly-ache over the price when you can get an adequate Intel Unix system for much, much less.

In an effort to get you some better help than me, I have moved the ballyhoo to some other newsgroups! Look for more help in comp.databases.oracle.misc, comp.os.netware.misc, comp.unix.solaris, and comp.unix.unixware.misc.

Good luck. I hope I'm full of it and you just need to do some tuning, but don't hold your breath...

Mike Greaves
mgreaves_at_pathcom.com Received on Fri Mar 21 1997 - 00:00:00 CST