RISC 6000 & 160 MB DISK

[Nigel Harwood]

If a RISC 6000 were configured with a 160 MB system disk
how much would be left after loading the V.4 O.S. (non-development
version) and configuring swap space for 8 MB of memory ?

Any drawbacks in using a larger external disk for the O.S. ?

Also is 8 MB anywhere near the mark for a system with 2-4 users,
ORACLE 6, TCP/IP over Ethernet and NFS ?

I have heard that AIX needs lots of memory, expecially with
ORACLE.

Finally, what are your opinions of having a RISC 6000 without
a local tape drive.  The only drive available would be remote
over TCP/IP Ethernet.

Obviously these sorts of questions are impossible to judge
exactly without much more information but all I'm looking
for is a feeling or experiences.

Thanks

(Any opinions or ideas expressed in this posting are my own
 and have no relationship with my employer.)

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