RE: RE: HP vs SUN for a UNIX box

From: Kimberly Smith <ksmith2_at_myfirstlink.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:37:59 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003F6497.20020121121528@fatcity.com>

When Oracle said Sun was not stable I do not think they meant that in terms of running. I believe they mean that the libraries and what not change to much. When you are trying to code to a particular OS that can be annoying I guess. However, I am getting this not from Oracle themselves so who really knows if its true or not.

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Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 8:30 AM
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These threads always crack me up. Its like religious wars.

We've got both in house. Most of my stuff runs on the SUN boxes, and I have had no problems with the stability. I guess administration of the HPs is easier, but the Sun SAs aren't complaining so its pretty much a non-issue for us. As far as cost, HP wasn't competitive, Sun was much cheaper. Due to the cost difference we probably wouldn't be buying any more HPs, except when a certain product is only certified on HP or when the purchase decision is made by an HP-centric manager.

Jim

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Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:00 AM
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I heard that they already did. Something about Sun not being stable.

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Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 9:55 PM
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Oracle Magazine have alot "Oracle for HP" articles, I think they are switching from Sun to HP

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dgoulet_at_vicr.com
Sent: 19 January 2002 06:16
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Sergey,

I asked my SA to add his 2 cents, guess he's not inclined. Anyway, I've
been on HP for the last 10 years, coming from VMS, & I love it. VERY stable,
easy to use, although I don't do the admin any longer it was easy with SAM
even
when it was a character based tool. Rman/OmniBack integration is well documented in the OmniBack manuals & works as advertised. HP support is pretty
darn good as well, especially in the middle of the night when the system won't
boot. I've had HP support tech's remotely logged in to the system helping
get
it back online. Also if you have a problem that is not in the area of the
tech
you call they normally conference in the needed assistance. Problems can be
resolved as fast as they occur. We also don't use disk arrays from HP, but
then
HP & EMC really like each other. If you want an inexpensive disk alternative
look into NetAppliance.

Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA

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Author: "Babich ; Sergey" <SBabich_at_handexmail.com>
Date:       1/18/2002 1:25 PM

Thank you, Paul, I'll forward it to my boss... Anyone else to add to it? Thank you very much,
Sergey Babich

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Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 3:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Stay with HP. It's a hell of a lot more reliable, and does not require anywhere near the # of patches, and its patches work far more often that Sun's. I've done 5 years with each, and there's no question that HP is superior.

Thank you,

Paul Sherman
DBA
voice - 781-501-4143 (office)
fax - 781-278-8341 (office)
email - psherman_at_elcom.com

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Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 3:00 PM
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Our shop is switching from HP to Sun. No one can tell me why. There must
be a cost savings somewhere.

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Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 12:51 PM
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Hi, dear listers,
My boss has decided to switch production to a UNIX box and now he's asking
me for a recommendation between HP and SUN. I am a newbee to UNIX (to put it
the softest way). I've heard people say HP is better, but need more than that...
The DB itself is about 40G on RAID (currently on Windoze 2k). Any advice is
greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Sergey Babich
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