What is best practice - differenet schema/different dbs

2001-03-27 Thread Rao, Maheswara
List, I would like to have your opinion on the following scenario. We are having an application which is used by different customers (around 15 customers). On an average each customer will have around 1,000 transactions per 5 minutes. Now, is it better to have a separate database for each cust

Re: What is best practice - differenet schema/different dbs

2001-03-27 Thread Rocky Welch
Hi Maheswara, I would think seperate databases would be the way to go, if for no other reason, you can bring one customer offline without affecting the others. -Rocky --- "Rao, Maheswara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > List, > > I would like to have your opinion on the following scenario. > > We

RE: What is best practice - differenet schema/different dbs

2001-03-27 Thread Richard Ji
Having separate databases gives you some flexibility. You can manage them separatly, for instance you can upgrade the database to a newer version in phase. Also, if you lose a database only one customer is affected. Do all the customers always use the same application (same version)? If one cu

RE: What is best practice - differenet schema/different dbs

2001-03-28 Thread Lanteigne, Mike
Hi Doug , (and all) , Just curious - the PS environment, do you put finance and HR on the same DB? Do you share the sysadm user? I'm new to this PS stuff, so this interests me. Also, in production, do you have the PS databases separated from the other OLTP databases? Thanks Mike Lanteigne

RE: What is best practice - differenet schema/different dbs

2001-03-28 Thread Gene Sais
Just my $.02. I agree separate tbs for different app schema's. However, I would separate applications to their own db, especially if they are 3rd party apps. You have much less control on COTS. Some run their install scripts as sys. I don't agree w/ it, but I am not going to rewrite their

RE: What is best practice - differenet schema/different dbs

2001-03-28 Thread Lanteigne, Mike
Actually I meant Dick, nor Doug, sorry Mike > -Original Message- > From: Lanteigne, Mike [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 8:35 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: What is best practice - differenet schema/differ