Re: Is 10g much slower than 9i?

ramon_at_conexus.net (Ramon F Herrera) wrote in message news:<c9bc36ff.0403160905.2cd7d8b6_at_posting.google.com>...
> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> > Not my experience at all. I'm seeing 20-30% increases in almost
> > everything I do.
>
> Well, maybe I am comparing apples and oranges. See my points
> of comparison below. The older machine is still in production
> and the newer one is under "observation" because I am less
> than thrilled with its current performance. I both cases I
> used Werner Puschitz' instructions to the letter, as far
> as kernel configuration, installation, etc.
>
> Old Oracle Server:
> Dell PowerEdge 2550 with 1 2.4 GHz CPU and 2.5 GB RAM
> PERC RAID chip
> RedHat 9
> Oracle 9iR2
>
>
> New Oracle Server:
> Dell PowerEdge 2650 with 2 3.0 GHz CPUs and 2 GB RAM
> Adaptec RAID card with full cache
> RedHat Enterprise Linux 3
> Oracle 10gR1
>
 

> I understand that RedHat and Oracle did a lot of work in
> order to improve Linux and produce the RHEL, so it should
> be much better matched to the Oracle database needs the RH9.
>

I' serious doubt in close RedHat-Oracle cooperation. Check redhat forums, there is a lot of bugs of RHEL on new hardware. Try the vanilla kernel, etc. Received on Thu Mar 18 2004 - 07:28:49 CST