Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-15 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Jim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the most part my view is from observation, not actual > studies. And as Mark pointed out, we are talking about two REAL > processors here with a Virtual 2-way running on it. IBM > recommends that you always run Domi

Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-14 Thread Mark Perry
barton wrote: I know that they are faster than the 747 i take to germany, i see them fly every 4th of july, they are fast. but also, i know they won't make it across the atlantic, and they don't carry so many people. It's miserly penny pinchers like you that killed the Concorde ;-) mark -

Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-14 Thread David Kreuter
I'm running 160+ Oracle virtual servers on 3 IFLs. None run virtual MP. All are UP. Everyone is happy. I am not saying that this is one size fits all - most of the DBs are measured in Gb not Tb, so lotsa medium sized servers. Just tremendous horizontal growth. What are the users doing? All so

Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-14 Thread Mary Anne Matyaz
There's a relatively new whitepaper on large memory configurations that also has some CPU info. MA http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101151 -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instru

Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-14 Thread barton
This discussion is one I always find annoying. There are two migs parked within 5 miles of my house. I know that they are faster than the 747 i take to germany, i see them fly every 4th of july, they are fast. but also, i know they won't make it across the atlantic, and they don't carry so ma

Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-14 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:52 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Shockley, Gerard C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I should have indicated was there no NO plans to exceed the number > of physical IFLs installed. I didn't think you were suggesting that at all. > The number specified on

Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-14 Thread Jim Elliott
> Jim, I find your "(like most products, including databases) > runs better on more than one processor" and would be very > interested to see the data supporting this claim. I trust this > would not be from an artificial lab environment with only one > virtual machine and an infinite number of real

Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-14 Thread Rob van der Heij
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Jim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Huh? Oracle (like most products, including databases) runs better > on more than one processor. Most of my customers running Oracle > on running on Linux guests with 2 processors (sometimes more). At > the zSeries Oracle

Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-14 Thread Shockley, Gerard C
lf Of Jim Elliott Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:15 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs > Excuse the generally vague nature of this question. Here goes > Anyone have any experience pro/con running Oracle under zVM/Linux with > GT N+1 engines

Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-14 Thread Shockley, Gerard C
in the quest directory entry. TIA Gerard -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 2:17 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs >>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 1:

Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-14 Thread Mark Post
>>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 1:10 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Shockley, Gerard C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excuse the generally vague nature of this question. Here goes ... > > Anyone have any experience pro/con running Oracle under zVM/Linux with > GT N+1 engines. > > Are there b

Re: Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-14 Thread Jim Elliott
> Excuse the generally vague nature of this question. Here goes > Anyone have any experience pro/con running Oracle under > zVM/Linux with GT N+1 engines. > Are there benchmark numbers something like LSPR? Here is why. > We are discussing sizing's and I've heard that it may be > advisable to rem

Running Oracle on GT 2 IFLs

2008-02-14 Thread Shockley, Gerard C
Excuse the generally vague nature of this question. Here goes ... Anyone have any experience pro/con running Oracle under zVM/Linux with GT N+1 engines. Are there benchmark numbers something like LSPR? Here is why. We are discussing sizing's and I've heard that it may be advisable to remove MA