goomdrulle@hotmail.com (Pacs) wrote in message news:<327531fb.0403201011.5a4f202e@posting.google.com>...
> Basically i need to know if its a good or bad idea and why.. im
> running a server with sql server with a friend and someone wants to
> run borland interbase of it.. we stand to make some money which is why
> im thinking about it, but im worried it'll be too much for the
> machine.. also ive heard some horror stories about conflivst between
> the two systems... can anyone help? Thanks everyone!

sql@hayes.ch (Simon Hayes) wrote in message news:<60cd0137.0403220202.1e1bb5dd@posting.google.com>...
> goomdrulle@hotmail.com (Pacs) wrote in message news:<327531fb.0403201011.5a4f202e@posting.google.com>...
> > Basically i need to know if its a good or bad idea and why.. im
> > running a server with sql server with a friend and someone wants to
> > run borland interbase of it.. we stand to make some money which is why
> > im thinking about it, but im worried it'll be too much for the
> > machine.. also ive heard some horror stories about conflivst between
> > the two systems... can anyone help? Thanks everyone!
>
> I know absolutely nothing about Interbase, but the general answer is
> "it depends". If you run any two applications on the same server, then
> you have to manage the server's resources (CPU, RAM, disks) to avoid
> contention between them. For example, SQL Server will take as much
> memory as possible by default, so you would need to limit it, so as to
> leave memory available for Interbase.
>
> Without detailed information on the hardware, the databases, the
> application load etc. it's not possible to be more specific. You'll
> really have to look into it yourself, possibly starting with Perfmon
> to get an idea of how heavily used the various system resources are.
>
> Simon