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Minimum RAM rqd

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:55:48 +0530
From: GopalaKrishnan K gopalak@wiproge.med.ge.com
Subject: Minimum Memoey

Hi

What is the minimum memeory requirement for NC client., we are using 32MB ram and it is very slow The jar files are in client machine and still it tahes nearly one minute to get initial signon screen and after each screen it takes nearly 2 to 5 seconds for refresh

Any helps !
gopal


Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:22:12 -0400
From: "Scott L. Frost" sfrost@noblestar.com
Subject: Re: Minimum Memory

Gopal-

If you are running the NCA version of the applications, I believe 32 megs of ram should suffice. It has been my experience working with R11 that the initial sign on to the applications is rather slow, however once in, each form loaded relatively quickly. That is however until about lunch time when network traffic increased dramatically with hundreds of people surfing the net during their break. Because of this increased traffic, the ability to access the servers was slowed. If you are running on an older network, this may be a cause of the delay.

If you are running SC, I've found best performance with 48megs+, this way you can also have other applications open without strain on your system.

I would recommend checking with your System Administrators of the network to identify peak times in network usage. Also, you can find recommended system requirements for the applications located in the installation manuals for the database.

Scott
Scott Frost
HRMS Consultant
Noblestar Systems Corporation
703.464.4000 x2549
http://www.noblestar.com



H/w options for Oraapps 11 NCA

From: Dean Marsh [SMTP:DMarsh@genlyte.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 7:34 PM
Subject: Looking for hardware opinions.

Hi,

We are currently in the evaluation phase for Oracle Applications, probably Rel. 11 NCA. We are looking at several vendors for the hardware side of the implementation and have narrowed our search to IBM, HP, and Sun. As can be expected, each of these vendors are pushing their platforms as the best thing going.

I would like to get some information from you out there in the "real world" (not the vendor's world) as to how you see performance on these systems. If you are using any of the above vendors in your solution, please drop me a line and give me your impressions on how the hardware performs, i.e., is your system doing great; do you see yourself I/O bound or CPU bound; is your disk solution not working; have you changed vendors due to performance, etc. Also, any impressions on service would be appreciated.

If you wish to respond to me privately, my e-mail is dmarsh@genlyte.com .
I would appreciate any constructive input any of you might have.
Thanks
Dean Marsh
Oracle Database Administrator
Lightolier Corp.
dmarsh@genlyte.com


Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 11:44:59 +0100
From: Philip West Philip.West@exco.co.uk
Subject: RE: Looking for hardware opinions.

Dean

My recent experience is of Sun and Sequent (which you are not considering).

My current client is running a 24/7 operation and has three 20Gb 10.7sc instances with 80 concurrent users peak with high volumes - so not a big big deal. As part of the y2k upgrade to 10.7 I have moved them from an Ultra 2 ( with boxhill raid) onto a Sun 450 (2*250M sparc - the cheapest processor option) with an A1000 disk array and a few internal disks. I set it up with hardware raid5 (single channel to the 450) for the majority of the database files and raid0+1 for other areas. My experience is that it is a pleasure to administer (both oracle and unix level) and performs well.

please e-mail if you have any other ?
Phil...



11 HP/UX - Hardware Configuration

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:24:01 -0600
From: "Rick Brough" RBROUGH@westerngas.com
To: OraApps-L@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Release 11 HP/UX Hardware Configuration

Hi,

We currently have OraApps release 11.0.2 installed on our development server (HP/UX 11.0, HP-K460). The current configuration has that server performing that tasks of Admin, Application, and Concurrent servers. I'm drafting a proposal detailing the purchase of additional hardware components (CPU's and memory) I'll need to upgrade my production apps.

I'd appreciate and configuration and performance information (positive or negative) from anyone who has upgraded to OraApps release 11.0.x using HP/UX hardware.

Thanks in advance
Rick Brough


Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 10:07:56 -0700
From: sagarwal@guthy-renker.com
To: oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: Re: Release 11 HP/UX Hardware Configuration

We do have apps running on HP/UX for one of our clients I upgraded to 11.0.2 and then 11.0.3 from 10.7. The performance seems to have improved on 11.0 specially on data fetches but sometimes form fetches are slow. There can be many things resposible for that. We are still researching to nail down the constraint. Its all machine & network specific. We have two HP/UX Boxes D380 single intance (Production) and D270 (2 instances) with 2 gig & 1.5 GB RAM respectively and 60 GB HDD on each.

Sanjay



HP K Class Boxes

GEN OUSER genouser@mcquay.com 09/08 9:12 AM
I am looking for any users on HP "K" class boxes who are experiencing serious or recurring problems. (To compare notes & actions taken)

Thanks
E-mail alan.grundei@mcquay.com
Phone 315-253-2771 X390


From: Jim Basler [mailto:jim_basler@intervoice.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 1:44 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: HP "K" class problems

We've had (5) K400 and 570 boxes for 4 years and have had NO serious and/or recurring problems.

Jim Basler
Oracle Database Administrator,
Intervoice, Inc.


Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:04:14 -0500
From: "Logan, Ernie" Ernie_Logan@bmc.com
To: "'oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca'" oraapps-l@cpa.qc.ca
Subject: RE: HP "K" class problems

Stay away from the K580 servers. We had no problems either, until we "upgraded" to K580 servers. 460 and 570 were both no problem. 580's panic at least once a week, causing server re-boot. Every time they find a different cause.