Re: Technical, machine decisions for running Oracle...

not CPU cache. poor choice of allocation of resource$.

Disk I/O is crucial, unless you're going to have the entire database up in RAM.

Lots -o- RAM on the RAID controller = fast I/O. Ultra 160/m SCSI drives if you can wait a month. If not, Ultra2wide SCSI - insist upon.
PC133 bus will help.
Multiple bus channels are available on expensive servers. 64 bit RAID and NIC's are available also - only matters on LAN.

what kind of internet connection?
If only on a T1 - the T1 will be the rate limiting factor.

Paul

steve parker wrote:
>
> Oracle gurus,
>
> I am relatively new to implementing a strategy for deploying Oracle
> server (8i) for production use...
>
> My use of Oracle will demand high traffic 24x7 (quick requests, and
> small queries --> as a webmessage board for instance)...
>
> Can you give me or point me to helpful info on the following key topics
> (and bright other important topics to my attention):
>
> 1. Server capacity:
> A. how important is a lot of onboard cache?
>
> B. processor speed?
>
> C. number of processors?
>
> 2. Using RAID or not... striping data for speed
>
> 3. Mirroring (onto second machine) - for Fault Tolerance and faster
> Backups...
>
> Any help, if just a pointer to a helpful resource/website is very much
> appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> steve
Received on Fri Nov 12 1999 - 00:02:29 CST