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Re: Opinions Wanted on Oracle for NT

From: Spencer Olson <spencer_olsen_at_ssb.com>
Date: 1997/05/02
Message-ID: <336A0594.4D68@ssb.com>#1/1

Mark Wagoner wrote:
>
> Well, now that you have heard from the Unix bigots, here is a little
> unbiased opinion.
>
> We are an ISV offering an Oracle system on either HP/UX or NT 4.0 (yes,
> Oracle is certified on NT 4.0). We have 80 customers running NT and 5
> running HP/UX mostly because of the price/perfomance difference and ease of
> administration.

Price performance, now that's rich. For an unbiased article on price performance and Windows NT/UNIX try reading one of the new issues of LAN Times which indicates that UNIX not only outperforms NT, but is cheaper!  And I would argue about the ease of adminstration. NT still lacks a robust scripting language which is the backbone of most adminstration tasks. Thus you are confined (in NT) by what vendors supply what products and have which features when it come to the day to day Oracle DB adminstration.

>
> Both the HP and the NT systems operate 24x7 and both have the exact same
> features. In addition to the database box, we also use either an NT or HP
> box as an application server, which may or may not be the same as the
> database box.

I would have to concur with the earlier posted note. What would you want managing the flight instrumentation on the plane you are flying in, NT or UNIX?

>
> In short, if you need a quick install with minimal administrative
> maintenance and you are fairly small (100-200 users and < 50G data), NT is
> a more cost-effective approache. If you already have the Unix
> infrastructure and are planning to go large scale, use Unix.
>

Anyone heard of an NT box, with 200 concurrent users, and 50GB of data? I did not think so. Also, if you have the need for 200 users, 50GB of data, and you think that the administration needs are going to be minimal, I am both confounded and amazed by your audacity!

Spencer Olson
State Street Bank

If you want something done right....just forget it. Received on Fri May 02 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT

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