MTS for 5,000 All-at-Once Users?
- From: JApplewhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 15:20:21 -0500
9.2.0.4 on Linux.
Anyone have experience with using MTS for handling a flood of about 5,000
simultaneous users?
We are in the process of sizing servers for consolidating the 162
far-flung dBase IV (go ahead and laugh, we have to - to keep from crying)
Campus "databases" of our COTS Student Information System into four
central Oracle databases. We'll have one 9i database each for High
Schools, Middle Schools, Elementaries, and Other (Summer Schools, special
Campuses, etc.).
Without going into all the gory details, we see our biggest performance
challenges as the times when most all teachers record attendance for their
classes. Most of the time, there is a relatively small number of Campus
Clerks and Registrars entering enrollments, withdrawals, transfers, etc.
However, once each morning, all 5,000 Elementary teachers log on and
upload their class attendance data. The data from each teacher is only
the Student Numbers for 20 - 30 kids and the associated "Present" or
"Absent" flags, perhaps with an Absence Code. It's not much, but
multiplied by 5,000, all within probably a 10 - 15 minute span, and we
think the Elementary database will be hit pretty hard. The second big hit
will be the hourly attendance uploaded from High Schools and Middle
Schools, but that's fewer teachers and it's spread across two
databases/servers.
I've RTFM and searched MetaLink, but can't seem to find a minimal memory
requirement for a "bare bones" MTS connection. I've got a test database
and have attempted to make multiple MTS connections to try to measure it
myself, but only the connection in which I issue the query shows as SERVER
= SHARED in V$Session, all the rest show NONE.
Would 16GB of RAM and 2 or 4 CPUs (3GHz) handle 5,000 smallish MTS
connections? Or is MTS not even the way to go, given that it's a
simultaneous flood? How about Connection Pooling - Yay or Nay?
BTW, in case you think our LAN/WAN might be a problem, it won't. We have
an extremely fast fiber network linking all our Campuses and the District
office. Our infrastructure is really great - robust, reliable, and never
a bottleneck. We have gigabit connections from our WAN to the DB Servers.
TIA for any advice on this.
Jack C. Applewhite - Database Administrator
Austin (Texas) Independent School District
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