I would say about 128G RAM per server, just to keep things interesting. Maybe 32 CPU's. Then you can do some serious benchmarking. On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I'd buy 2 Oracle Exadata 2 servers with about 10tb of storage. You can do > lots of testing there!! > OH! You say that does not meet your budgetary requirements? Did you mention > what your needs or requirements were? > > RF > > Robert G. Freeman > Oracle ACE > Ask me about on-site Oracle Training! RMAN, DBA, Tuning, you name it! > Author: > Oracle Database 11g RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) - ON ITS WAY > SOON! > OCP: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide > (Sybex) > Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) > Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) > Other various titles > Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com > Check out my new blog series on installing Oracle Database 11gR2 on Windows > using VMWare! > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* AMIT VERMA <verma.labs@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Sat, January 23, 2010 7:49:17 AM > *Subject:* Oracle RAC Server Conf. > > hi, > > i would like to test oracle rac 10g & 11g. please advise me what os, vm & > hardware should i use.. > > thanks in advance > amit v > > -- > Amit Verma > v.amit84@xxxxxxxxx > > > "Winning takes talent but it takes character to keep winning" > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'