Re: Request for advice

> sorry I'm so vague with information, but just looking for a WAG.

Hi Dan,

Well, I would say that we have millions of records across about 5 separate databases. Mirroring is not vital at this point, but could be addressed later. We are looking at about 6-10 users initially - this would be more of a development machine. Why heck - I don't expect much for around 40k. I do appreciate the reply though - thanks!

• Doug -

"Daniel A. Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:3B5CF876.9A23357B_at_exesolutions.com...
> D & S wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Let's say that I currently have a DEC AlphaServer 4100 running OpenVMS
 7.2-1
> > and Oracle 8i. I want to replace this server with some other type of
> > machine and I have about 40k to play with. What type of server should I
> > look at? An Itanium? A Sun? How about what operating system? Thanks
 for
> > any help - sorry I'm so vague with information, but just looking for a
 WAG.
> >
> > - Doug -
>
> Lets say you told us what you were going to do with it? How large a
 database,
> how important various forms of hardware and software mirroring, how many
 users,
> why heck ... we could tell you something relevant.
>
> But I would definitely look at Sun ... if for no other reason than that is
 where
> Oracle produces its initial releases and releases patches first.
>
> Daniel A. Morgan
>
Received on Tue Jul 24 2001 - 20:14:55 CDT