Re: Oracle Server platform advice

Chris Hoffman wrote:
>
> We are considering the following for our client/server and intranet
> development:
>
> - Oracle Server and Oracle Web Server
> - PowerBuilder
> - Sun Ultra Enterprise 2 model 2200 (2 200-MHz processor)
>
> Is this model Sun appropriate for a system having the following
> characteristics?
>
> - Initially supporting 2 workgroups (total of 90 users, maybe 30 of whom
> are frequent OLTP users of current Focus mainframe systems)
> - Eventually adding in capability for approximately 200 additional users
> to perform occasional queries and limited data entry, probably through a
> web browser
> - Data probably will not grow beyond 500mb and are currently
> considerable smaller, though queries and dependencies tend to be complex
> - We'd also like to maintain tables of historical data for reporting and
> analysis

sounds about on the mark - i have sized systems like this before and i think you are on target for the right machine however the historical part kinda worries me - data adds up fast so you may want to toss that onto a larger SMP and have at it using oracle parallel query option to give good response times

-hth
chris kordish - consultant

>
> Thanks,
> Chris Hoffman
Received on Tue May 27 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT