Oracle-L: RE: REDHAT & VLDB

From: Post, Ethan <Ethan.Post_at_ps.net>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 22:16:37 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005975BF.20030512221637@fatcity.com>

I am not one to jump on the Linux bandwagon but I wanted to get the facts as far as any limitations on filesizes, cache etc...on Linux. The budget is not my budget so I can't answer that, I am just ended up with a forwarded forwarded forwarded email which had some comments in it that peaked my interest.

So what's with the devotion to Sun? I manage boxes on Sun, AIX and HP-UX and I currently rank them 1. AIX, 2. SUN, 3. HP-UX. I have seen many others on this list that at least confirm the dollar for dollar performance of spot #1.

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Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 4:22 PM
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How do you get a "low cost" VLDB? How L is VL? What's your hardware budget? What's going to hit the DB? How often? How many? DW/OLTP/Hybrid? What's your available planned downtime?

Without knowing these, I've said before on this list that I'd take a strong look at the new Sun systems if you're looking for a comparison to Linux for running Oracle. Supported Solaris for Oracle is free -- Supported Linux for Oracle isn't. And the new Sun hardware starts at $3000 US for a 1Ghz SparcIIIi Cu CPU, .5GB RAM, 36GB disk, and FOUR (4!) Gig Ethernet cards. Head over to:

http://store.sun.com/catalog/doc/BrowsePage.jhtml?catid=100054

Of course, this may not work for you as the V210 has a max of only two processors and you'll almost certainly need a SAN for storage. You and yours will have to decide that.

Have fun!
Rich

Rich Jesse                        System/Database Administrator
rich.jesse_at_qtiworld.com           Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA

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