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If we purchase a machine with a quad-core cpu, will the database be able to take advantage of it? Or are we better of with multiple dual-core processors? Or one dual-core processor?
upgrade oracle 9.2.0.1 to 9.2.0.8?
Tanks

Well, assuming that you are going to use the Windows 64-bit version of Oracle 9i (9.2.0.2), then I'd go with the 64-bit processors. And, if you can get quad cores, then I would go for them and I'm pretty sure that the database will use them all, having seen it use dual core processors in the past.
Oracle don't seem to worry about the number of processor cores for their licensing (at least for enterprise edition) as they license in other ways but you should watch for other products you might install on the server that do. I once worked with an ETL tool called AbInitio, which does licence per core and they charged an absolute fortune becuase we were using dual core processors!
I'm assuming that you are going with Oracle 9i due to a need to run an older version? Otherwise, I'd recommend an upgrade to either 10g or 11g.
cheers,
R

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Find the Serial# & use it on one of these sites, but don't post the Serial# here...
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Quote from: Jack the Newbie on 29-March-07, 07:35:00
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I will be a bit more blunt than the other person. Whomever you talked to at MacMall was full of it.
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I´ve got a P6N Mainboard with the Nvidia reference design 680i and C00 revision.In the moment there are no problems, cause there is a C2D E6600 working on it, but i will buy a quad-core cpu soon and I ve often heard about problems with quad-core cpus and the C00 revision. but i only heard about problems with the evga 680i board and not with the p6n. so, has anybody problems with a quad core and the p6n or does anybody know if there are problems with a Quad-Core CPU and the C00 revision? I think the evga 680i and the p6n are nearly the same, aren`t they? They are both the nvidia reference design.
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so far
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Quote from: AaronYuri on 18-November-07, 04:00:12
You can put an eVGA BIOS on the P6N anyway. They are all manufactured and distrobuted by Foxconn
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I read benchmarks after benchmarks, but most use games for their stats and that does not help me. I read the boards, but it is all so confusing what people think. I went to the Apple store, and of course, they immediately said 8-core! hahaha.
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Hi-
this question si about what the ** is the difference between a Quad 2.93 and a Octo 2.66.
The question is pretty vague.
Maybe asking "What benefit do I get from an octo core as opposed to a quad core?" would be better.
To understand the main difference, and the main benefit of an octo core over a quad core, understanding the concept of multithreading is necessary.
Basically, Multithreading is the ability of a system to break tasks up into portions (threads), and assign these portions across multiple CPU cores, enabling the calculation, thus the process, to be be completed faster than if the entire process were to be done on a single core.
Because of this, more cores allows for faster completion of system functions. Yes, it's faster.
Currently, some software isn't quite up to snuff in supporting/utilizing multithreading abilities of multi core systems.
But, that is changing, and changing rapidly.
Soon, all software will be able to utilize the multithreading ability of a multi core system, and greater increases in system performance will be realized.
In the upcoming OS 10.6 release, further enhancement of multithreading operation will be seen.
What this all means to the end user, say in Photoshop, is, work will fly, complex enhancements will be almost instantaneous, and productivity can be increased.
Along with the multi core, multi channel memory will also allow for the use of larger amounts of RAM, with out the bottlenecking that occurs in singe channel systems.
Again, everything works faster.
The octo core allows for more physical RAM, which, even now, but more so in the near future, always helps with memory hungry applications like Photoshop.
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And, we are talking +near future+.
I believe the Quad is limited to 8 gigs RAM, not 16.
Both machines can use 4GB DIMMs, so the quad core can use 16GB and the octo core can use 32GB.
Buying RAM from a trusted third party vendor can reduce costs greatly, without affecting the Apple warranty.
Again, Apple employees are telling you what the book says, what they currently offer, not what can be done.
Apple store said SDD in a Mac Pro is not a good idea at all. Again, more conflicting suggestions.
The Apple store will not recommend anything that Apple is not officially selling.
SSDs work, and they work well.
Just ask Samsara, or some of the other hot rodders on these forums.
And because I don't understand scratch disk, SDD disks, raptor drives etc, this all is not getting me anywhere. thus, why i tried the Apple store.
Ask. Study. Use Wikipedia.
Educating oneself is paramount to improving decisions, questions, work and life........
SSD - The future, now. Fast, expensive (but coming down in price), no moving parts (reliable)Solid State Drive
*Raptor Drives* - A family of 10,000 RPM SATA drives from Western Digital. These drives are high performance. They make systems run faster.
*Scratch Disks* - These are additional hard drives (in addition to the system drive) that allow for greater utilization of virtual memory- the writing of files, temporarily, to hard drive, to free up physical memory and allow faster calculations of processes.
Anyone who does work with video or photography software, must have a working knowledge of the benefits of a scratch drive.
Photoshop runs +way faster+ with a fast scratch disk.
When seeking advice on any forum, the more specific the question, the easier it will be for contributors to provide advice that is pleasing to your senses.
I've given you my take on what I feel may be your questions intent.
Hopefully, it wasn't a waste of time.....

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