Re: newbie - how much ram for a test machine ?

From: D Rolfe <dwrolfeFRUITBAT_at_orindasoft.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 08:43:00 +0000
Message-ID: <42072A14.7060507@orindasoft.com>

Dave,

> "barrett bonden" <arthurheyman_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message 
> news:36ns4pF53s4aqU1_at_individual.net...
>

>>I'd like to test/play with Oracle, and have a machine with 192 Megs of ram
>>,
>>far below what the Oracle docs say I need - but this will in no way be a
>>production PC, just a place to get a feel for the application; Will it run
>>?
>>

In my experience you can get away with this but make sure the machine has lots of swap space. It's not about how much memory your database will use. It's about how much Oracle's installer needs....

David Rolfe
Orinda Software
Dublin, Ireland Received on Mon Feb 07 2005 - 02:43:00 CST