Alfredo says: > How much does it cost me, in terms of hardware, software, gurus to > run the show, etc., to have a 100-user installation with an Oracle > or Sybase database (with all 100 users concurrently accessing > the same database)? Well, I can't answer for Oracle or Sybase, but here are some points, and these are verifiable: Until 1 July 1996, we ran our financial applications (general ledger, accounts payable, purchasing, stores inventory and cataloging) on our HP3000 Series 957 1 processor 256 MB memory 42 GB disc 200+ users (of which about 50 were financial users) Of the total monthly CPU seconds on the 957, the financial modules took 22.23%. As of 1 July 1996, we are running ORACLE Financials to achieve the same business functions on a DEDICATED ... DEC Alpha 2100 3 processors 1000 MB memory 44 GB disc 60 users The HP3000/957 is humming along very nicely all by itself, as usual. Even showing a little idle time every once in awhile. The DEC is very busy now. I thought that might be interesting to some of you. Ron Burnett Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Australia [log in to unmask]