Re: running big oracle dbms, on what kind of hardware?

From: NetComrade <andreyNSPAM_at_bookexchange.net>
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 03:29:51 GMT
Message-ID: <3a2c6199.368857999@news.earthlink.net>

we are using sun E4500s and A5200s for high transactional OLTP.

On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 01:28:00 +0100, "Bastorff" <nospam_at_localhost.zz> wrote:

>Anyone running fairly "big" databases (ok, pretty huge where
>I come from anyway :-)) , say 40-60GB?
>What hardware/cpu is capable of running such a beast?
>
>I'm looking for experienced comments on suitable and comparable
>systems... Right now I'm thinking AlphaServer DS20E box, but
>instead of blindly going by SPEC numbers and thelike, I'd be
>glad to hear from you (instead of salespitch)! For instance, what
>SUN cpu box could do the job? Of course, I/O subsystem and network
>comes in to play but that's for later...
>
>Regards,
>/fad
>
>

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In case I forgot to mention:
We use Oracle 7.3.4 and 8.1.6 on Solaris 2.6, 2.7 boxes

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