> We started with a single LPAR for all our oracle databases. About 6 months > ago we added a second LPAR. We also set up seperate VMs for each database. > We did not split our application between databases. All production apps are > in the same database. That VM has the highest priority. We also instituted > some resource limits on users in the dev and qa databases to help mitigate > issues with runaway processes from one VM affecting the other VMs. It has > worked out well for us but took us about 4 months to tweak priorities and > limits appropriately. > -- > Sandy > Transzap, Inc. >