Comments on: How number of processors correlated to Oracle database size http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-number-of-processors-correlated-to-database-size/ Sat, 25 May 2013 13:28:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: 626 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-number-of-processors-correlated-to-database-size/#comment-62794 626 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:31:00 +0000 #comment-62794 That is a great reference. Thank you.

]]> By: carlosdl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-number-of-processors-correlated-to-database-size/#comment-62743 carlosdl Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:05:43 +0000 #comment-62743 I found this Capacity Planning guide. Take a look at it to see if it helps.

Although it was written for Oracle Internet Directory, I think similar concepts could be applied to a database server.

I think most people determine their CPU needs by looking at previous CPU usage statistics, mainly at peak usage times.

]]> By: 626 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-number-of-processors-correlated-to-database-size/#comment-62567 626 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:59:07 +0000 #comment-62567 I agreed that the no of transactions per second to be processed is important in determining the number of processors. I have a large number of transactions to be processed within a certain period of time (during night, e.g. 6 hours). I couldn’t find any benchmark I can use to compare or estimate. I am wondering how IT people decide what hardware to use if they know the size of database or number of transactions they are going to deal with.

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