Re: What is the best hardware for an Oracle 9i database?

With so few users, I'd go with either a Windows Server 2000 or Linux (Red Hat) server. Purchasing a Unix (~$400,000) doesn't make sense for such a small number of users.

Just my 2 cents

Daniel

monicaroman_at_yahoo.com (Monica Roman) wrote in message news:<9eb77af5.0305070520.19b370f4_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi again,
>
> If you had your pick at hardware, which specifications would you
> require for a database that grows at a rate of 664,000 records per day
> with 5 users and me, considering that these factors might double in a
> few months?
> I run some statistics queries on the database every day for records
> for that day and previous day, and then weekly and monthly.
> I also have an MSAccess front-end.
>
> They want to give me a server to run the database; and as I am so new
> with Oracle, I am not sure what to ask for.
>
> Thank you so much!
>
>
> Monica
Received on Wed May 07 2003 - 19:22:24 CEST