Re: Hardware recommendation???

Hi,

before you think about Linux or another PC-Unix: When your application grows very often the first problem is the CPU: 100 percent busy ...(sorts in memory - order by, group by clause and so on) So you have think about a box and a operating system which will be able to handle 2 or 4 processors.
And with big tables Oracle parallel query works fine. The second problem is disk-I/O - when you have 2 or more CPU's.

Torsten

jan wrote:
>
> Jeffrey Togie wrote:
>
> > We are just getting started in this area and I am looking for some
> > advice/info, so please forgive my ignorance.
> >
> > I was hoping for some hardware recommendations on what would be the best
> > server to get with the following requirements/restrictions:
> > *Unix OS
> > *Runnning Oracle Forms on Oracle Web Server
> > *Tied to PC's using NT
> > *Needs to be able to handle current Forms requirement and future
> > expansion.
> > *Under $10K
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeffrey Togie
>
> Later this year you can get Oracle 8 for Linux - this means that you can
> cut the OS out of your budget, as Linux is free. Linux supports the SMB
> protocol (which is used by NT) as well as a lot others - anyway, you'll
> be connecting to Oracle via TCP/IP, which is the only thing that makes
> sense. But if you choose, you can use Linux as file/printer server for NT
> and Win95 as well.
>
> /jan
Received on Fri Oct 02 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT