It doesn't sound unreasonable to me. Typically they ask for 3-4x the amount of data. So testing a 7G of actual data would require 21-28G usually. You've got log, archive, temp, backup, etc.
Marcy This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hughes, Jim Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] z/Linux Oracle question We are just doing a proof of concept. The test database needs to be large enough to out Oracle through its paces. It is NOT a benchmark either. Its like the question "How long is a piece of string?". ____________________ Jim Hughes Consulting Systems Programmer Mainframe Technical Support Group Department of Information Technology State of New Hampshire 27 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03301 603-271-5586 Fax 603.271.1516 Statement of Confidentiality: The contents of this message are confidential. Any unauthorized disclosure, reproduction, use or dissemination (either whole or in part) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your system. ==>-----Original Message----- ==>From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ==>Dave Jones ==>Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:18 AM ==>To: [email protected] ==>Subject: Re: z/Linux Oracle question ==> ==>The Oracle code itself only takes 4-5GB of DASD space, if I recall ==>correctly. How big is the test database? ==> ==>DJ ==> ==>On 05/24/2011 10:14 AM, Hughes, Jim wrote: ==>> Our Oracle guy says he needs 30 gig to install the Oracle software and ==>a ==>> test database. Does this sound correct? I have no facts regarding ==>this ==>> subject. ==>> ==>> Regards, ==>> ==>> ____________________ ==>> Jim Hughes ==>> Consulting Systems Programmer ==>> Mainframe Technical Support Group ==>> Department of Information Technology ==>> State of New Hampshire ==>> 27 Hazen Drive ==>> Concord, NH 03301 ==>> 603-271-5586 Fax 603.271.1516 ==>> ==>> Statement of Confidentiality: The contents of this message are ==>> confidential. Any unauthorized disclosure, reproduction, use or ==>> dissemination (either whole or in part) is prohibited. If you are not ==>> the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender ==>> immediately and delete the message from your system. ==>> ==>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, ==>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 ==>or visit ==>> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ==>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ==>> For more information on Linux on System z, visit ==>> http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ==>> ==> ==>-- ==>Dave Jones ==>V/Soft Software ==>www.vsoft-software.com ==>Houston, TX ==>281.578.7544 ==> ==>--------------------------------------------------------------------- - ==>For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, ==>send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or ==>visit ==>http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ==>--------------------------------------------------------------------- - ==>For more information on Linux on System z, visit ==>http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
