Re: Intel processor performance

Martin Kleinman wrote:
>
> I've got a question about Oracle 8.1.7 + OAS 4.0.8.1 And processor
> performance.

Oops! 4.0.8.1? First mistake... Apply patch 2 (4.0.8.2). Better yet, upgrade to iAS: less memory (5 to 8MB vs 128MB), better performance.

> Asus P2B
> Celeron 400a
> 512MB memory
> 1x 1.1gig hdd for boot (WIN NT)
> 1x 20 gig hdd (split into 3 partitions, resp d: ORANT, e: OAS , f:
> swapspace)
>
> Does it matter much that its only a Celeron 400 with 128kb L2 Cache? Will a
> P2 400 (with 512kb 1/2 speed L2 Cache) improve performance a lot?
Define "a lot" - it will perform better, a 600MHz P2 will do even better.

> Is Oracle highly dependend on the speed of the L2 Cache? Or is it highly
> dependend of the speed of the memory (thus a 100Mhz bus processor, P2/P3)??

Depends what you make the machine do. In general, Oracle is memory dependent.
And OAS 4 is not known for it's performance.

In short: why do you think the processor is the problem?

-- 
Gtrz,

Frank van Bortel