Re: Oracle 8i (8.1.7 for win32) and AMD Opteron / AMD Athlon64

From: Gerard H. Pille <ghp_at_skynet.be>
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 00:44:40 +0100
Message-ID: <4047BF68.7090802@skynet.be>

Jacek S'liwowski wrote:

>> So conclusion is: do not use this combination for any serious purpose.

>
>
> Thanks a lot for all the info and suggestions. I fully agree with'em.
> BTW - I'd like to share results of the test I've made:
>
> Configuration:
> CPU: 2 x AMD Opteron
> RAM: 1024MB (PC 266 ECC-registered)
> OS: Windows 2000 Server (32-bit version)
> DBMS: Oracle 8i (8.1.7) win32
>
> Results:
> Installation: goes without problems
> Efficiency: medium
> Reliability: POOR - Oracle services "die" when the instance (quite
> simple, made only for tests: 20 tablespaces and 100 large tables) gets
> bigger than ca. 16GB
>
> Conclusion:
> Use of this combination is NOT recommended for any professional purproses.

Replace the OS with, err, shit, I know there is an other one ... it's on the tip of my nose.

Geert Received on Thu Mar 04 2004 - 17:44:40 CST