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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: Recommended hardware for 9i on Linux, at home
On 2 Oct 2003 11:14:04 -0700, joel-garry_at_home.com (Joel Garry) wrote:
>All:
>
>Wondering if there are any updates to last April's version of this
>thread.
>
>I'm interested in what would be a decent processor or complete box for
>running a cheap or free linux.
>
>This would be for playing around with 20-100G OLTP db's. I don't want
>to pay a grand for a free OS.
>
>I am _most_ interested in backup devices for such a beast. Since I'm
>probably also going to have to buy a laptop for the wife, cheapness
>counts!
>
>I've done various older slackware and RH on my frankenstein box, but
>was very put-out discovering "issues" with it with RH7, which I never
>had time to resolve (and felt ripped that their support couldn't
>help).
>
>There is a new Fry's near me... (called a "work-in-progress" on their
>website :-).
>
>TIA
>
>jg
>--
>@home.com is bogus.
>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/business/news_1b2gateway.html
RAM, lots of RAM. We have a RedHat system with 384M of RAM and I would not recommend that. My home system has 768M and should have 1G (if only the motherboard supported it).
For OLTP a modern P4 processor should work (OLTP on a home system, though?). I've liked the performance of Asus boards.
Not sure if you're asking: I could never install Oracle on Slackware. I'm using SuSE 8 now.
Backup devices are NOT cheap. A Seagate DDS-4 is more expensive than all of the other hardware; plus you'll want a SCSI board, which is not cheap, either.
Did I mention that you'll want a lot of RAM?
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