XPost: comp.database.oracle, comp.databases.oracle.server   
   From: hjr@dizwell.com   
      
   Patrick SenderaKurt Kuddy wrote:   
   > On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 11:40:14 -0500, Murtix Van Basten wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>Hi all,   
   >>   
   >>  I will deploy a database project to an Oracle server, but I could not   
   >>figure out which version of Oracle should I get. Here is my configuration:   
   >>Hardware:   
   >>Dell 1750 Dual Xeon 3.2Ghz, 2GB Ram, 3x36GB Hdd on Raid 5   
   >>Operating System: Redhat Linux 9   
   >>   
   >>I will deploy only 1 database for the application. Only 1 DBA will use the   
   >>Oracle server when necessary. When the database once deployed, Only 1   
   >>application will reach it to read and write data. There will not be any   
   >>other database in the server. The server will be used for only this purpose,   
   >>nothing else.   
   >>   
   >>From Oracle's website, I see there are Enterprise, Standard and Standard One   
   >>level of purchasing options. In this case, which should I go with ?   
   >>   
   >>Thank you for answers.   
   >>   
   >>Murtix Van Basten.   
   >   
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   >   
   > You don't want to use raid 5.   
      
   He might do.   
      
   > raid 0+1 is recommended.   
      
   By whom? Oracle?? Not true, if so.   
      
   >  Suggestion:  look   
   > into using ASM (Automatic Storage Management) and 10g.  Simply put, ASM is   
   > basically a database file system.   
      
   Simply put, I am a Martian.   
      
   One statement is as true as the other.   
      
   > Oracle will manage the mirroring of the   
   > database files for you transparently.   
      
   ASM, of course, does no such thing. It mirrors data, not files. There's   
   a difference.   
      
   And only, in any case, if you ask it to.   
      
   > You'll want to do some reading and   
   > research on this, obviously.   
      
   Obviously.   
      
   By the way: how about answering the original question: does he get   
   Enterprise, Standard or Standard One version of 10g??   
      
   HJR   
      
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