"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
news:1080682452.163968_at_yasure...
> My phone calls completed ... the best information I can glean is that
> Microsoft is still running on Oracle.
>
> Take a good look at that hardware configuration. Based on your own
> background and experience do you really think you can run the
> financial package for a Fortune 500 on two 8 proc 550MHz Pentium IIIs?
600 concurrent users on the above for the database only, I'd say it was
plausible though probably a little on the high side. Bear in mind - as
Oracle on Intel/Linux is showing modern intel procs do an astoundingly good
job - certainly when compared to risc machines.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Wed Mar 31 2004 - 04:22:39 CST
