--- "Hostetter, Jay M" <JHostetter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Our sysadmins are spec-ing out some new hardware. > I know that there are lots of variables > involved, but I am > hoping that somebody with a little more experience > with Oracle on the > IBM platform can tell me: > a) yes - that's a smokin' configuration > b) chances are it will work for you > c) that configuration isn't even in the ballpark > d) run away screaming from this hardware and OS > or some variation thereof > > Thanks, > Jay Jay, 2 words: eval unit I would simply post that, but the quotebot won't let it fly, so I'll add some more ballast. How about visiting the TPC site at http://www.tpc.org and checkout the TPC-C reports. Compare some bogomips of systems that have thousands of hard drives. Currently waiting for a 64 bit driver for RHEL 3.0 ES 64 bit for an HP Opteron box, so I'm still in the land of 32 bit with the oompa loompas. Pd __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------