Re: oracle client on PC's

From: Paul Drake <discgolfdba_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 11:09:26 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005DBDDE.20040106110926@fatcity.com>

• Jeffrey Beckstrom <JBECKSTROM_at_gcrta.org> wrote:
  > Rather than installing the Oracle client on every
  > client PC, we have been:
  > - installing client on 1 PC
  > - copying directory to a network server
  > - extract the registry for "oracle" key
  > - fix registry that was extracted to reference the
  > network drive
  > - load registry on client PCs
  > - add the network pc as a search drive to the client
  > pc.
  >
  > We are now experiencing problems over the WAN and
  > looking at ways to eliminate the Oracle dll
  > overhead. Short of installing Oracle on every
  > client PC, what are our options?
  >
  > Jeffrey Beckstrom
  > Database Administrator
  > Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
  > 1240 W. 6th Street
  > Cleveland, Ohio 44113
  

Jeffrey,

I'd recommend a Citrix MetaFrame Server farm and a truckload of cash (the servers *could be* Solaris/SPARC).

Paul

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