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- From: sthomas@library.adelaide.edu.au (Steve Thomas)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Is Sparc10 suitable for large DB system?
- Date: 17 Dec 1992 01:08:35 GMT
- Organization: Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, South AUSTRALIA
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- We have a fairly large Library database operation here. It has been
- suggested to us that a Sparc 10 would be a sensible replacement for our
- current hardware. Does anyone out there know of a similar sized DB
- running successfully (or not!) on a Sparc 10? If yes, I'd be grateful if
- you could send me details.
-
- As an indication of the size of our system, we currently have:
-
- - Encore Multimax 520, 64MB memory, 5GB disk
- - around 140 concurrent users
- - Universe software running Dynix Library system
- - database size about 3GB
-
- The proposed Sparc configuration is something like:
-
- - SparcStion 10 Model 30
- - 96 Mb Memory
- - 6 or 8 GB disk
-
- There seems to be no problem running Universe/Dynix - the big IF is will
- this configuration (or any configuration of Sparc10) be able to perform
- well with 140+ users constantly interrogating and updating the database.
- I.e. will we experience bottlenecks in Ethernet or in disk channels, or
- both?
-
- _Any_ suggestions on this will be most welcome.
-
- ____________________________________________________________________________
- Stephen Thomas, Senior Systems Analyst, Barr Smith Library,
- University of Adelaide, GPO Box 498, Adelaide S.AUSTRALIA 5001
- Phone : (08) 228 5190 Fax : (08) 232 3689
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