RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

That sounds wrong. Thanks everybody, not just Gene. This discussion is great. I just meant I liked Gene's format on this posting.

y

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yosi
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 12:06 PM
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> Subject: RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy
>
>
> Gene, that was great. Thanks.
>
> y
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gene Sais [mailto:Gsais_at_co.palm-beach.fl.us]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 8:46 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy
> >
> >
> > Vendor=dec (well compaq)
> > Cost=moderate
> > Reliable=sometimes, if openvms
> > Support=good
> > Positives=cluster sw
> > Negatives=pc company, not sure of future for vms or digital unix
> >
> > Vendor=hp
> > Cost=moderate/high
> > Reliable=yes
> > Support=good
> > Positives=ha mc service guard
> > Negatives=you are on your own
> >
> > Vendor=ibm
> > Cost=moderate if you buy everything from them
> > Reliable=yes
> > Support=excellent
> > Positives=hacmp, ibm will hold your hand all the way and
> > insist on it :)
> > Negatives=ibm does it their way
> >
> > Vendor=sun
> > Cost=cheap
> > Reliable=depends on hw
> > Support=ok
> > Positives=cheap and open systems
> > Negatives=you put it together
> >
> > >>> john.kanagaraj_at_hds.com 06/19/01 07:36PM >>>
> > >I would vote for AIX and RS/6000. From my experience, those
> > are robust
> > >servers and IBM has got good phone support. However, I do not
> >
> > I would fully second that. (And your SAs are going to love
> > its easy Admin
> > capabilities)
> >
> > >real bad experience. Other than that, AIX is one of the best
> > OSs I have
> > >worked on. FWIW .. truss will be available with AIX 5L (this
> > >fall, I was
> > >told).
> >
> > That's good news, Kirti. However, there are lots of other
> > utilities out
> > there from IBM that they have not really advertised or pushed
> > out for AIX -
> > I wonder why...
> >
> > John Kanagaraj
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