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RE: --- re OpenVMS/Tru64/HPUX/etc

From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 08:35:44 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0046AF61.20020524083544@fatcity.com>


Hemant - We will absolutely still be running Tru64 for many years to come. However, we have decided not to buy any more Alpha servers.

        About the time we were trying to make a decision, the META Group forecast that a few years from now there would only be 3 server operating systems widely used:

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Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 9:44 AM
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We have far too many Oracle on Tru64 installations to consider a quick migration out. Apparently, Compaq has convinced us that Tru64 will still be around for a few years. HPUX will be taking up the "good" features of Tru64 (AdvFS and Clustering+ClusterFileSystem). The other concern we had was about Alpha. I believe that there would be about two more releases of the Alpha and then welcome Intel.
We also have SPARC Solaris databases but I'm not sure how much time the "big damagers" want to spend on considering migrating to SPARC Solaris. Might as well also look at IBM [although that, too, might go from PowerPC to Itanium].

Hemant K Chitale
http://hkchital.tripod.com
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Hermat - We are on Tru64 and I couldn't be more pleased. However, I believe that HP/Compaq has decided to eventually withdraw Tru64. My guess is that is so they can support HPUX. However, they were pretty clear that OpenVMS would continue. My guess is that Ron is hinting that there are other reasons to move to VMS at his company. Just sign me as "learning Solaris". Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:29 AM
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The bane of trying to keep up with technology. But why OpenVMS and not Tru64, then.
We have a large number of Tru64 Oracle Databases
(we do have OpenVMSs for Promis databases
used in manufacturing, I believe).

Hemant K Chitale

Hemant,
  The price I am referring to is the cost involved with moving from a Dell server on Novell to a Compaq OpenVMS server. There are a lot of company sided issues that have to be addressed and cases made for the move. In this case the software is not an issues as you stated, the issues revolve around the hardware and developmental considerations. I would be more that happy to move to the latest and greatest "solid" platform/database combination. It would allow us to create and implement browser based applications rather easily and would allow us to use the 9iAS Suite of products.
 For now all I can do is make requests for item to be included in the budget as we move "forward, backwards, sideways, dance on circles". Ron
ROR mª¿ªm

>>> hkchital_at_singnet.com.sg 05/23/02 09:38AM >>>

An upgrade wouldn't cost anything. It would be free as part of your support contract.

Hemant K Chitale

Kevin,
 I appreciate your testing efforts. Now to convince the bean-counters to upgrate to 9i.
Ron
ROR mª¿ªm

>>> ktoepke_at_trilegiant.com 05/22/02 02:08PM >>> I reran my test. with 250,000 rows in the table. It took a whopping 0.25
seconds to complete.

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Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:59 PM
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Kevin,
 Yes but does it work with data in the column?, I do not have 9i set up
yet. If it works as you describe with data in the column it will really
help with the multi million row tables that "they" want to rename a column after a release of a new lotto game. thanks,
for the test and update.
Ron
ROR mª¿ªm

>>> ktoepke_at_trilegiant.com 05/22/02 10:38AM >>> Summary: it works!

SQL> SELECT * FROM v$version;

BANNER



Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production PL/SQL Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE 9.2.0.1.0 Production
TNS for Solaris: Version 9.2.0.1.0 - Production NLSRTL Version 9.2.0.1.0 - Production

SQL> create table test_table (wrong_name VARCHAR2(40));

Table created.

SQL> alter table test_table rename column wrong_name to right_name;

Table altered.

SQL> desc test_table;

 Name                                      Null?    Type
 ----------------------------------------- --------
----------------------------
 RIGHT_NAME                                         VARCHAR2(40)

SQL> Kevin Toepke
ktoepke_at_trilegiant.com





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