Testing Performance Across HW/SW Platforms

All,
I am responsible for a pilot study evaluating Linux as an alternative platform for our Sun Servers for running Oracle 9i RAC databases. What tool, benchmark, or set of tests can I use to evaluate the performance of a Database (which we already have in production) across 2-3 different platforms (both HW/SW changes in each platform)

Performance in an Oracle database is really a wide world. I recommend you to check these documents.
Performance Planning Contents / Search / Index / PDF
Performance Tuning Guide and Reference Contents / Search / Index / PDF
Real Application Clusters Administration Contents / Search / Index / PDF
Real Application Clusters Concepts Contents / Search / Index / PDF
Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance Contents / Search / Index / PDF
Real Application Clusters Documentation Online Roadmap Contents / Search / /
Real Application Clusters Real Application Clusters Guard I - Concepts and Administration Contents / Search / Index / PDF
Real Application Clusters Real Applications Clusters Guard I Configuration Guide Release 2 (9.2.0.1.0) for UNIX Systems: AIX-Based Systems, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, HP 9000 Series HP-UX, and Sun Solaris Contents / Search / Index / PDF
Real Application Clusters Setup and Configuration Contents / Search / Index / PDF
http://otn.oracle.com/pls/db92/db92.docindex?remark=homepage
Joel P�rez

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