On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 03:40:05PM +0100, Marko Sutic wrote: > Hi all, > > we're considering to replace our SunFire v490 servers with newer generation > of Oracle SUN or IBM servers. > > Our current configuration is: > 2x SunFire v490 , 4GB RAM , 2 (1x dual-port HBA) x 2Gb FC > 2x SunFire v490 , 8GB RAM , 2 (1x dual-port HBA) x 2Gb FC > > Systems are mostly OLTP based with batch processing overnight. > Database with about 150 concurrent users max. > > > > Do you have any experience with Oracle M-Series SPARC servers or x86 Sun > servers running as database servers? > > We were checking Intel 7500 X4470 and Sparc VII+ M4000 servers as > replacement for our SunFire v490's. > > Do you think that Intel 7500 X4470 is strong enough to handle workload of > two SunFire v490 servers? > Same question related to Sparc VII+ M4000 server - can this server handle > workload of two SunFire v490's? The devil is in the details - it all depends on type of workload you have (one OLTP != another OLTP). You can look for some information at http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx In general Intel Nehalem is faster in single-threaded operations then Sparc VII+ CPU. -- Regards Przemyslaw Bak (przemol) -- http://przemol.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------- Jeszcze wiecej informacji, jeszcze wiecej artykulow! Nowa Interia >> http://linkint.pl/f294c -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l