Re: WHICH UNIX FOR ORACLE?

Nice to hear from you Walt. I'd begun to think you'd crashed your sailplane into the side of a mountain or something. :)

Jared

On Friday 05 April 2002 09:08, Weaver, Walt wrote:
> As Steve's bunkermate I'll second the Linux thing. We're having good luck
> with Linux here.
>
> I've done AIX and Solaris, and Linux is up there with'em.
>
> --Walt Weaver
> Bozeman, Montana
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 9:31 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Lot's of listers have presented nice lists but if you don't have Linux on
> your list then your experience is woefully incomplete. Long live Linux! The
> war is on and those who don't join this camp soon will find themselves on
> the losing side! :-)
>
> I did HPUX. I did Solaris. Now I'm doing Linux and life is wonderful.
>
> Unopinionatedly yours,
> Archie Bunker Steve Orr
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 8:34 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> My experiance is just the opposite :
>
> 1. Solaris
> 2. Solaris
> 3. Solaris
> 4. HP-UX
> 5. AIX
> 6. Digital Unix
> 7. SCO Unix
>
> Solaris has much better features and is more reliable as per my experience.
> For eg. only Solaris provides the option to use Asynchronous I/O for file
> systems
> as well as raw devices. Asynchronous I/O on HP will b used only while
> accessing
> raw devices.
> I think that the Oracle software is primarily written on Solaris these
> days.
>
> Samir
>
> Samir Sarkar
> Oracle DBA
> SchlumbergerSema
> Email : samir.sarkar_at_nottingham.sema.slb.com
> ssarkar2_at_slb.com
> Phone : +44 (0) 115 - 957 6028
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: 05 April 2002 15:08
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Well, I will put in my two cents since everyone else is.
> 1.HP-UX
> 2.HP-UX
> 3.HP-UX
> 4.Solaris
>
>
> Oracle works equally well on both of them (IMO) but HP provides you with
> better support, better hardware, better reliability, etc. Course, none
> of that is free.
>
> All in all I have not been disappointed per say with Solaris (which
> is a good thing cause I will be working with it ALOT from here on
> it) but I have had far less issues with HP.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> dgoulet_at_vicr.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:09 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Another shot across the bow:
>
> Hp-UX if you like to sleep at night
> Solaris if you want speed and sleepless nights
> Aix if neither of the above is of any value in your life
> Linux if both are valuable & $$$ are a consideration
>
> Dick Goulet
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Author: "Gene Sais" <Gsais_at_co.palm-beach.fl.us>
> Date: 4/4/2002 9:24 AM
>
> here go the wars :)
> 1. Solaris
> 2. HP UX
> 3. IBM AIX
>
> imho, in order. this is definitely in the archives.
>
> gene
>
> >>> bunyamink_at_havelsan.com.tr 04/04/02 11:36AM >>>
>
> 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 ...
>
>
> Bunyamin K. Karadeniz
> Oracle DBA / Developer
> Civilian IT Department
> Havelsan A.S. Eskisehir yolu
> 7.km Ankara Turkey
> Phone: +90 312 2873565 / 1217
> Mobile : +90 535 3357729
>
> The degree of normality in a database
> is inversely proportional to that of its DBA.

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