RE: OT: Laptop Memory of "Oracle Lab" -- 16gb support "good enough"?
- From: Upendra <nupendra@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jeff.d.smith@xxxxxxxxxx" <jeff.d.smith@xxxxxxxxxx>, "jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Oracle-L <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:48:48 -0500
Some of the pain with the startup/shutdown could be alleviated with SSD drive,
though the prices are coming down, they could still put a nice dent on your
wallet. A decent 500G SSD could be about $300 or a 1 TB SSD about $550.
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-Upendra
> Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 05:45:34 -0800
> From: jeff.d.smith@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: OT: Laptop Memory of "Oracle Lab" -- 16gb support "good enough"?
>
> Isn't more always better?
>
> Unless you have to travel frequently, then I'd go with the slimmer option.
> I'm still waiting for Apple to make a Mac Book Air avail with 16GB of the
> good stuff.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Lewis [mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 4:49 AM
> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: OT: Laptop Memory of "Oracle Lab" -- 16gb support "good enough"?
>
>
> I'll see your three nodes and raise you one (yes, I have no idea about poker
> terminology).
>
> I can run a 4-node RAC (because three node is stll a special case when you're
> examining instance failure) on 16GB. I've also run up a 5th VM at the same
> time to run OEM under Firefox, but I don't use the full setup often and
> starting it all up is slow.
>
>
> http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/personal-rac/
>
>
> My next machine will be a 32GB machine - mainly because Cloud Control seems
> to want a lot of memory.
> Troubles with "large" memories - how much time does it take to
> hibernate/shutdown etc.
>
>
>
> Regards
> Jonathan Lewis
> http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com
> @jloracle
>
> ________________________________________
> From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf
> of Niall Litchfield [niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 21 December 2013 09:21
> To: Justin Mungal
> Cc: elkinsl@xxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l-freelists
> Subject: Re: OT: Laptop Memory of "Oracle Lab" -- 16gb support "good enough"?
>
> I have a machine with 16gb ram, My RAC vms use 2g ram (but I have 3 of them
> since 2 node is a special case :) ) As Justin points out EM12c really wants a
> significant chunk of memory so I rarely run all 4 vms at the same time. If I
> had a 32gb machine I probably would.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Justin Mungal
> <justin@xxxxxxx<mailto:justin@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
> I opted for an m6700 with 32GB of memory. That way I could run 12c RAC, 12c
> Cloud Control, a few stand-alone instances, and all my standard apps at the
> same time. The virtualized 2-node RAC and the Cloud Control VM use 14GB just
> on their own (4GB per node, 6GB for Cloud Control).
>
> The laptop itself is bigger and more expensive, but that doesn't bother me
> much as I don't move it around very much. I just checked the Dell website and
> the m4800, which has a smaller form factor, supports up to 32GB of RAM.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Larry Elkins
> <elkinsl@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:elkinsl@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> Listers,
>
> Looking at buying a new laptop, and intend to use Oracle's VM and Linux to
> mimic various production scenarios, playing with things like RAC, Data Guard,
> Golden Gate, OEM 12c, etc. There was a discussion last January where some
> wished felt fine with 16gb memory, though some wondered if that would be
> enough. So, I want to revisit and see if those limited to 16gb found they
> could meet their needs?
>
> I know a lot depends on exactly what I intend to do, and what all is running
> at the same time. So just more a generic question if those limited to 16gb
> found they could do all they needed to do. There are many more options for
> laptops supporting up to 16gb versus those that will support up to 32gb
> (which also tend to be bigger, heavier, and more expensive).
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry G. Elkins
> elkinsl@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:elkinsl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cell: 214.695.8605<tel:214.695.8605>
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