linux on big memory

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, David A. Bandel wrote:
> > it will be running three oracle 9i instances, and about 35-40 user
> > mode linux instances.  AFAIK, the kernel /proc parameters that oracle
> > requires are the same regardless of the amount of physical memory in
> > the box.  what other changes did you make?
>
> none.  Just followed Oracle's suggestions.  Some parameters I put for
> modification in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local during system startup.  The rest
> (that dealt w/ user environment) I put in /etc/profile.

ok, that's what i thought, so its the standard crap that 9i needs.

> Like I said, either the system sees all the memory or it doesn't.  I
> believe after 1Gb of memory you need the 4Gb option, then after 4Gb you
> need the 64Gb option.  Just check what the system sees using free.

i ended up installing the 8GB this morning, and its all showing up.  this
was easier than expected.

> Their system works great. I do all the Linux specific stuff for them,
> their Oracle DBA does all the Oracle stuff (real hard with the Netscape
> GUI; not at all like the Oracle 7 I remember on HP-UX or AIX w/ CLI
> only).

i still prefer to use sqlplus on a console.  oemapp scares the hell out of
me, as it pegs the CPUs so damn hard just because its java.

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