Re: Large database platforms

allyn_at_netcom.com (Mark Allyn) writes:
: My group at work is anticipating a large database system requirement.
: We currently use Sun equipment but I feel that another platform might
: be needed for this particular requirement. Here are some of the particulars
: that these folks are anticipating:
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: I have concluded that Sun will not be able to handle this. Even with a 690
: MP with full memory, there is still the single I/O processor bottleneck.
:
: Whan I am wondering from you out there is what experiences have you had with
: machines such as Sequent, Pyramid, Allient, and so fourth with a database of
: a similar size as this one? Our company as standardized on Oracle so I am
: stuck with that database unless I can prove that another one can outperform
: oracle with a significent margin. Besides, I understand (and I hope you can
: correct me if I am wrong) that Oracle is suitable for a multiprocessor
: environment in that it has a separate process for each user. f any of you
: do have such a beast running, I am curious at how much memory you have.
:
: Thanks for your help!

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• Greetings,

I'm totally biased (as I work for them), but if you want an Oracle Hot Box take a look at the Control Data 4680MP. Its about twice the speed of the 690MP ( 205 versus approx 100 in MP SPEC ratings), about the same as the top end Sequents, but alot cheaper.
It offers full Symmetrical Multi Processing as well RAID disk technology, etc, etc. - I don't want this to sound like a sales hype as i'm primarily an Oracle techy, but if you want read more take a look at 'comp.sys.cdc' under the heading "CDC 4860 experiences".

Regards,
(These views are purely my own and do not reflect those of the Corporation)

Richard Askew
Information Management Centre
Control Data Systems Inc
London (UK)
Internet: ria_at_cdl.cdc.com
FAX (+44) 81 848 3134 Received on Tue Jul 14 1992 - 12:34:09 CEST