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Subject: Re: info on large Oracle databases installations
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Date: 8 May 91 19:10:39 GMT
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In article <673662210.102616@paladin.owego.ny.us> beal@paladin.owego.ny.us (Alan Beal) writes:
>bgh@ice9.uucp (barry hannigan) writes:
>
>
>> i would be interested in getting some information of experience in the 
>> installation, configuration and problems encountered in the implementation
>> of a gigabyte size ( or thereabouts ) Oracle system. 
>
>> a potential client is looking into setting up a system for around 2000 users,
>
>> the machines, in my estimation, capable of coming anywhere near this level of
>> performace would be top of the line Blue Boxes ( 3090's or their newer thangs)
>> or a multi processor Vax 9000.
>
>From what I understand there aren't too many Oracle systems running on top
>of MVS.  If you hear of one, let me know.  If you hear of one that is
>experiencing good performance, let me know.  The literature claims one
>is only limited by the size of available storage; what is the biggest
>Oracle database that anyone has heard of?

The largest Oracle databases are running under Unix on Amdahl, Sequent,
and Pyramid machines.  Right at this very moment, the absolute largest Oracle
user is running on Sequent computers, in a client/server network fashion.
This user is largest in both the size of database (large number of Gigs),
and number of users (low thousands).

>
>
>-- 
>Alan Beal
>Internet: beal@paladin.Owego.NY.US
>USENET:   {uunet,uunet!bywater!scifi}!paladin!beal


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