Re: Upgrade to big SUN box or RAC for data warehouse?

"Burton Peltier" <burttemp1REMOVE_THIS_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<hCxUa.5694$IE6.1055_at_fe02.atl2.webusenet.com>...
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> > > > > Are you using NFS by any chance? What's the CPU and memory
> configuration
> of the
> > > > > 10K box? I just don't think it is a good idea to put a data
> warehouse on
> NAS
> > > > > which is really not known for its performance. If your network
> bandwidth
> is
> > > > > saturated, it might not do any good to upgrade the SUN box.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I suspect we are using NFS if the storage is in a NAS but I can't be
> > > > sure. Also to correct some information I provided before - the box is
> > > > a E4000 server, not a 10K
> > >
> > > We run a couple of E4000s that were upgraded to E4500s with the 400MHz
> chip.
> > > That is old equipment ... came out in something like 96.
> >
> > yes one of the reasons for upgrading (ours has 6 CPU's I think)
> >
> > >
> > > You may be good with just a V880 and 8 CPUs. We use the V880 for several
> > > database servers with great results with the Ultrasparc III and 750MHz
> on
> > > some and 900MHz others. We use local Sun T3 RAID arrays and you might be
> > > good with these too.
> >
> > No we use NAS
>
> Are you locked into NAS ?
>
> I thought NAS was not the best performance .

Well not really locked into NAS but a change to a SAN would be somewhat expensive but then, maybe not as much as getting a 12K :-)

>
> > >
> > > I am not familiar with pricing of a 12K , but I suspect it is at least
> 2 - 5
> > > times more expensive than a V880.
> >
> > About 1.9X with 6 CPU's. But you can slot in up to 52(?) while the
> > V880's are capped at 6 I think.
>
>
> No, try capped at 8.

OK - faulty memory on my part Received on Sun Jul 27 2003 - 03:54:41 CDT