Re: Oracle 8 vs Oracle 8i

From: Joseph S. Testa <teci_at_oracle-dba.com>
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 12:36:50 -0400
Message-Id: <10487.104987@fatcity.com>

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I guess the questions begs to be asked, why would you go with the older version?

8.1.5 is somewhat buggy, but from what i've seen so far(about 3 months worth) 8.1.6 is pretty stable at least on solaris.

joe

Andrey Bronfin wrote:

> 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 .Thanks a lot in advance . Andrey
> .

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I guess the questions begs to be asked, why would you go with the older version?
8.1.5 is somewhat buggy, but from what i've seen so far(about 3 months worth) 8.1.6 is pretty stable at least on solaris.

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<p>Andrey Bronfin wrote:
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<font face="Arial"><font size=-1>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 .Thanks a lot in advance . Andrey .</blockquote>

</body> Received on Thu May 04 2000 - 11:36:50 CDT