Re: Pentium or Risc processors for an Oracle Database?

From: Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 20:07:45 GMT
Message-ID: <3DA72F6C.EC2BD6F@exesolutions.com>

Alex Gnaegi wrote:

> We are going to buy a server for an Oracle 9i Database on Unix with ~700
> concurrent users for an OLTP system. Some guys of my team recommand to get
> an Alpha server (4 or 6 processors on a cluster) because of better I/O
> access. Is it really a better solution than an Intel based? I'm not
> convinced by this propostion because of much higher costs with alpha
> systems.
>
> What do you think above.
>
> Alex

I'm reasonably convinced they are both less than optimal solutions.

I'd look at machines that support either Solaris or HP/UX. Not because of the vendors. And not because of them being better UNIX machines (though I wouldn't touch Intel unless forced with a sharp object). But rather the quality of support from Oracle.

Daniel Morgan Received on Fri Oct 11 2002 - 15:07:45 CDT