Ramon F Herrera wrote:
> On May 8, 12:39 pm, Ivan Marsh <ivanma...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> I love when "experts" are idiots.
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> And I love it when idiots are "experts". :-)
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> (sorry, it was too easy)
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> Now seriously: A computer running Oracle is by definition a dedicated
> server. It needs a special kernel, among other things. You shouldn't
> run anything else on it.
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> -Ramon
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This may be true for Linux based systems but is not, AFAIK, the case for
O/S's like OpenVMS, or Solaris. Yes, you do have set some memory
allocation parameters to ensure that Oracle gets enough memory to run
efficiently but that's not quite the same as a special kernel. For best
performance, it helps to put Oracle on one machine and your
application(s) on another but you certainly can run your application on
the same machine; just be sure the machine has at least two CPU's and
LOTS of RAM! It's probably a lot cheaper to run your applications on a
second machine rather than beefing up one to do it all; Oracle charges
for licenses based on the number of CPU's and they charge all the
traffic will bear!!