Re: Hardware Sizing

I have managed similar databases, and through the years they have all worked fine using anything from a MicroVax II to a mid range Compaq Proliant. ODBC connections are memory hungry, and if performance / number of transactions wont be high, spend the money on a smaller machine and buy more memory. I could build a capable machine running NT 4 for less than £10,000.

Seriously though, try and do some more investigation into how many transactions will take place, I doubt more than 8 a minute given what you have said and just about any hardware can handle this.

Adrian Shepherd
DBA , Farnborough, UK

John Aylward wrote in message <668n3h$ct5$1_at_plug.news.pipex.net>...
>Help! Oracle won't give us a clue. What sort of hardware do we need for a
>4gig Oracle database with 40 concurrent users using ODBC only - it's purely
>a database server. We haven't got a real idea of transaction level at the
>moment, but we need to start somewhere!
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>john.aylward_at_dial.pipex.com
>
>
Received on Mon Dec 08 1997 - 00:00:00 CET