Re: LAN performance benchmarks???

In article <CyCD2D.2nv_at_sunsrvr6.cci.com> jgo_at_cci.com (John O'Keefe) writes:
>From: jgo_at_cci.com (John O'Keefe)
>Subject: LAN performance benchmarks???
>Keywords: LAN, Novell
>Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 17:11:00 GMT
 

>We need to load a fairly large database (4+GB, mostly read-only) onto a
>Network server, and would prefer (for reasons I won't get into)
>to NOT put it on a Unix server, but probably a Netware or NT/AS server.
 

>All I've heard about Oracle on Novell is that it's a pig. How true is that,
>and is NT/AS any better (or even available?).
 

>Most importantly, do benchmarks exist on either/both platforms?

We run it on Netware and it seems to do OK. We test with a simple version of the TPC A benchmark and are getting 30+ transactions per second with a 'medium' init.ora, 4 disks, and a pentium Compaq. I've seen benchmarks over 100+ transactions per second published for Netware/Oracle. One plug for Compaq, it seems to perform better than comparable intel boxes, also Oracle uses them for their benchmarks. It blew away a small two processor DG. (Can't touch the big UNIX boxes though)

You should get lots of memory, 64meg or more and the more disks the better. If you have a single large table that everyone will be hitting, strip it and it's index across several disks. Even better use Compaq's intellegent controller to do RAID, $600 but it works great.

Good luck.

>Thanks.
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Received on Sat Oct 29 1994 - 01:27:46 CET