RE: WHICH UNIX FOR ORACLE?

Hi List,

Glad this is turning out into a full scale war :)

One thing that we need to remember is that this is Global list. So if Sun is strong in Singapore, HP is stronger in Australia - it all depends on who is supported from where and what is the level of training/skill of the engineers themselves regionally... So perceptions change!

My experience with AIX was in a remote corner of the world (Can someone spot a 100 mile x 5 mile deep coastal country called Brunei? Hint - you can find it is part of a larger Asian Island). IBM S'pore had a local man with local on-site spares and although he was on call literally all the time, he did have his feet up in the air on a desk since the machines broke down _rarely_. Sun and HP hardware, patches and spare parts had to on the other hand arrive from S'pore and that took a while. As well, the local engineers were from a Sales agency rather than from the vendor, and had to drive about 100 miles to get there, maybe adding to my perception. Again. my perception of AIX in the US is that it does not have too much penetration, and thus that much less exposure as compared to HP and Sun.

John Kanagaraj
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sakthi , Raj [mailto:rajan_sakthi_at_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:32 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: WHICH UNIX FOR ORACLE?
>
>
> John,
> I knew this...but again what else does anyone expect
> from a bunch of Hard core DBAs..:)
> (Damn this feels good..;) so it can't be bad to wage
> this kinda war...what do you think..?)
>
> Cheers,
> RS
>
> --- John Kanagaraj <john.kanagaraj_at_hds.com> wrote:
> > Bunyamin,
> >
> > Here we go again! (Raj - this _is_ a war!!)
> >
> > My preference is:
> >
> > 1. AIX
> > 2. HP-UX
> > 3. Solaris
> >
> > Ultimately, it is a question of how much $$$ - now
> > (purchase), later
> > (maintenance costs), and how much when it goes down.
> > I have managed about
> > 150 AIX boxes at one time, and have not had H/w
> > based difficulties running
> > them. And still managed 6 Solaris boxes at the same
> > time and had major
> > headaches with the H/W...
> >
> > YMMV!
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Sakthi , Raj [mailto:rajan_sakthi_at_yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:48 AM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > Subject: Re: WHICH UNIX FOR ORACLE?
> > >
> > >
> > > What are you planning..? A religious war..:)
> > > well..here is my 2 cents,IMHO
> > > 1. HP-UX
> > > 2. SOlaris
> > > 3. AIX
> > >
> > > in the order of preference. I have worked with all
> > > three and I found HP machines to be reliable and
> > > HP-UX easy to work with. This is not to say
> > solaris is
> > > not but I had some nightmare stroies to tell about
> > the
> > > bugs and quality of support from SUN. Again this
> > is
> > > only my opinion and as everybody knows OS is ,to
> > some
> > > extent ,a matter of personal choice also.
> > > ( Running to put on flame proof suit..:) )
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > RS
> > > --- "Bunyamin K. Karadeniz"
> > > <bunyamink_at_havelsan.com.tr> wrote:
> > > > We are searching about which unix is best ?
> > > > We will apply 9ias and 8.1.7 DB . plus Oracle
> > > > Portal.
> > > > Can you direct me to a link for comparison about
> > > > SOLARIS , AIX , HP-UX for performance and other
> > > > options ..
> > > > Thank you ...
> > > >
> > > >
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