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From: v_leichinsky@ittoolbox.com (Viacheslav Leichinsky)
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Subject: Re: Sparc vs. Intel - Central vs. Local Storage
Date: 6 Jun 2002 05:39:53 -0700
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seth@northrops.com (Seth Northrop) wrote in message news:<541e251e.0206050836.6000b9ba@posting.google.com>...
> Greetings!

> 
> What would be the best option for an application similar to the one
> above?  We are considering either a Dell Poweredge 6600 (dual ~1.4Ghz
> XEON, 8GB RAM w/ Linux) or a SunFire V880 (Dual Sparc III @ 900Mhz w/
> only 4GB of RAM w/ Solaris 8 or 9).

Hello,

I doubt that Oracle can use SGA > 2 GB  under Linux.

Regards,
Slava