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Re: Oracle on AIX/Power5 LPARs

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:43:42 -0700
Message-ID: <1130082226.891780@yasure>


Glenn S wrote:
> We're looking at migrating our Oracle environment to new servers
> and I'm intrigued by the prospect of using IBM Power5 hardware (P550)
> running AIX with our Oracle application server and database server
> installations running in AIX logical partitions (LPARs) on the same
> server.
>
> We'd have four or five LPARs with two database installations and
> two application server installations. If you are doing this, can
> you clone an LPAR to create a second copy of an Oracle database for
> testing purposes?
>
> Any information greatly appreciated.
>
> --Glenn

Makes sense to go to IBM P5 chips. But why pay two to three times as much for them (from IBM) when you can get the same chips from Apple for a fraction of the price?

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Sun Oct 23 2005 - 10:43:42 CDT

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