Optimal Hardware for Oracle 8 and Express on NT server

From: David R <drydzewski_at_randp.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 12:11:53 -0400
Message-ID: <6o05gs$kus@news-central.tiac.net>

I am in the process of purchasing a new server. I have narrowed my choices down to 2 configurations and I can't decide which will be optimal for running Oracle Server 8 and Oracle Express Server on NT 4.0. Basically, it will be an App server.
Configuration 1:

Dual 400 Pentium II processers with 256Meg memory 4 9.1GB ultra SCSI 7,200 rpm disks with RAID 5 16Megs cache Configuration 2:

Dual 333 Pentium II processors with 256Meg memory 4 9.1GB ultra-wide SCSI 10,000 rpm, disks with RAID 5 16Megs cache Trade-offs:

Faster CPUs and slower disks or
Slower CPUs and faster disks (with more bandwidth) Any advice would be much appreciated. Also, are the 10,000rpm Seagate Baracuda drives reliable?
Please respond to: elutjen_at_randp.com Received on Wed Jul 08 1998 - 11:11:53 CDT