B.J. Johnson wrote:
> I would like to add a further refinement to this
> question. I would like to add MySQL to an
> existing server (SunFire V240) running Solaris 9
> which is currently running Oracle 8i. I don't
> have a choice about ditching the Oracle, which
> would be my preference. I understand that there
> may be a performance hit without implementing the
> caveats of different disks and multiple CPU's, but
> will the two peacefully coexist on the Sun server?
> Will there be any other problems or things I
> should be aware of in this environment? The
> access speed for Oracle is not real critical.
>
No issues that I can think of. Oracle uses shared memory, MySQL does not so that is not an issue, and all of the services should run on separate ports, so things should be fine.
Regards,
Josh
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