RE: So how big is your buffer cache ?
- From: "Mercadante, Thomas F" <thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:38:04 -0400
But Ryan,
I think you are correct that hardware is now cheaper than hiring folks. But
going the RAC way may end up costing more, compared to upgrading a single
server with a stronger CPU or adding more memory.
I would never suggest RAC until I hear that it is better than upgrading the
server. Right now, it sounds like RAC is more expensive than the other
approach (harder to maintain, need better and smarter DBA's and SysAdmins,
and the whole question of how much do you gain when you start clustering
servers).
Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional
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From: ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 9:31 AM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: So how big is your buffer cache ?
I didn't read the whole article. However, one of the arguments appears to be
to tell a client to just buy more hardware. Is this always bad? Given the
relative costs of hardware vs. personnel? In many cases it might be alot
cheaper to just add hardware than it would be to hire alot of developers to
re-write an application. It takes alot of 3GL developers to accomplish much
of anything. Typical government rates are $60/hour billed to the federail
government. That comes to about $115,000/year. Lets say you can get RAC and
add another server for $75,000.
Just bringing up a point for discussion. I would think that as hardware gets
more and more advanced, it will become cheaper and cheaper to throw hardware
at something...
any comments?
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