Re: Oracle and SQL on the same server?

"Phillip W." wrote:

> Daniel,
> More than performance, I'm worried about how well the two different
> databases would co-exist on the same server. Unfortunately, the company is
> more concerned with price than performance. If it helps though...
>
> NT 4.0 SP6
> P3 933
> 256K Ram
> 5 Simultaneous users
> Guesstimate 25-50 transactions a minute
>
> Thanks,
> Phillip
>
> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3CC973CF.234CDDC7_at_exesolutions.com...
> > "Phillip W." wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I have a customer running a Medical program with a Pervasive SQL back
> end.
> > > He wants to install another program that uses an Oracle database. I
> don't
> > > have much database experience, but running both of these on the same NT4
> > > server just doesn't seem like a good idea. Can anyone offer opinions
> are
> > > comments that I can use to better inform our customer before he makes
> this
> > > decision?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Phillip W.
> >
> > Had you provided some information such as:
> >
> > Number of simultaneous users (2 or 200)
> > Amount of RAM (512MB or 4GB)
> > Amount of I/O (1000 transaction per hour or 1000 transactions per minute)
> >
> > Someone might be able to help you.
> >
> > Daniel Morgan
> >

Other than performance you have no issues. Except sufficient RAM unless for some reason I can't anticipate they have their code so poorly written they stomp all over each other's memory structures.

Daniel Morgan Received on Fri Apr 26 2002 - 14:52:30 CDT