RE: Oracle 8 vs Oracle 8i

Andrey,  

We are going from Oracle 7.3.4 to Oracle 8.1.5 mainly because I don't want the hassle in a year or two of having to upgrade the database from 8 to 8i. I will say in terms of the OS, go with Solaris. I've installed both Solaris and HP-UX, and I like Solaris much better. I really can't say that Solaris is faster or more robust than HP-UX, but it sure is easier for me to work with. That may be because I'm more used to Solaris, though.  

HTH,   Julie  

Julie Fisher
Sandia National Laboratories
Oracle7,8i DBA - OCP7
Solaris 2.6,7 Administrator
Oracle Application/Web Server Administrator  

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrey Bronfin [mailto:bronfin_at_VisualTop.com] Sent: May 04, 2000 1:48 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Oracle 8 vs Oracle 8i

Dear ALL !  

My company and me are about to decide to go either for Oracle8 or Oracle8i . It's an absolutely new Internet application , so no migration is needed - we are starting from scratch .
I'm interested in all the inputs , especially in terms of performance , stability & easiness of maintenance , to compare the two versions . We are planning for thousands of concurrent users & a very high queries/second rate , although the queries promise to be pretty light selects .
The O/S be Sun UNIX (or may be HP-UX , we haven't decide about this either :-) .
Any input will be VERY appreciated . Received on Thu May 04 2000 - 14:02:15 CDT