RE: [cobalt-users] Oracle 8i on a RAQ3i

[Colin Smith <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Darnell Gadberry wrote:

> Colin,
> 
> In a DB application Disk performance is everything!

No it isn't. Load the system up with RAM and run as much of the database
as you can out of the SGA. If your applications are causing the database
to thrash disk then you either need more RAM or you need to do some
tuning.

> 
> Assuming you wanted to run Oracle 8i enterprise on a 300 Mhz RaQ, the
> license fees for web deployment are as follows:
> 
> 	2 year	$10,500
> 	4 year	$18,000
> 	Perpetual	$30,000
> 
> Factor in another 15% to 24% per year for Oracle support and it become
> obvious that the acquisition cost for the server is pretty trivial. Don't
> forget to add the Oracle DBA at $70K per year.

Yeah, this is why it doesn't make sense to run Oracle on a Raq.

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