[geeks] Oracle dbs on Sun T2000?

[William Enestvedt]

Has anyone played with Oracle databases on Sun's "Cool Threads" T2000 or
T1000 servers? What were your experiences?

   I have read through some of the blog postings linked to from
www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/testimonials/ but I was hoping for
something a little more, you know, un-massaged. :7)

   I have some pretty well-equipped Sun servers running Oracle 9 and 10
databases (V480s and V890s) which are usually pretty busy -- but I'm
curious whether I could get more work done with multiple threads each on
multiple UltraSPARC III cores than I do with fewer, faster UltraSPARC IV
CPUs.

   The VARs and Sun people I have talked to breezily assure me that
everything will be better, whites whiter & colors brighter, etc., and I
have read the Oracle PR about how Sun is the bestest and Solaris 10
makes them all tingly, "Pla4m of coice 4evR" and all that. Duly noted.
However, many of the T[1|2]000 blog posts refer to testing the box as a
web server, whileI'm interested in running a database on them.

   Clearly, I'm just looking for a clue, gently delivered. :7)

   Thanks in advance.

-wde
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Will Enestvedt
UNIX System Administrator
Providence, RI