Michal Cybin wrote:
> Hi, i have a rather interesting inquiry.
>
> I am wanting to run MySQL 4.3 and Oracle 8i on one
> Machine. I am going to buy a server from Dell,
> just wanting to know if there would be any
> conflicts if both programs are being run from one
> PC. Also would it make a difference if the MySQL
> would be a dedicated Server, meaning i want to run
> MySQL dedicated Server Edition and Oracle 8i on
> One Machine. Can you give me input on hardware
> requirements to run both of these database intense
> applications on 1 pc.
There should not be a problem running both Oracle and MySQL on the same machine, however if both databases are resource intensive, these will naturally conflict with each other. What can help is to have the databases accessing different disks or disk arrays, and to have multiple CPUs in the machine.
Regards,
Josh
Josh Chamas
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