Re: Memory for Personal Oracle 7

i am running a pentium 100 with 24m. iwas running it with 8 and the disk thrashed constantly while in OPO. 16 is probably enough with a pentium, with a 486, the extra memory is warranted. the larger the database the more memory you need as the cache gets larger. i only develop, a semi or all production database would likely benefit with at least the 24m.

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In article <DIsE7G.A0J_at_eskimo.com>, kimmng_at_eskimo.com (Kim Ng) wrote:



> : Personal Oracle 7 requires 16MB of memory minimum according to the

> : documentation. Does anyone know whether its possible to run it with

> : 8MB or 12MB and a program like Ram Doubler or something similar - on 

> : Win 3.1 ? or does it really have to do with 16MB?


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> Avoid it if you can. You may end up with lots of GPF or its equivalent

> and have to do recovery. Even with 16 MB it is very slow. I am using

> 486SX with 16 MB and it took about 3-5 minutes to bring up the database!

> SQL*PLUS response time was more than 10 seconds unless you are using

> the same statement (ie cached data).

> 

> Have fun,

> Kim Ng