Re: ORACLE on NT vs. UNIX

"Luis Moreno Campos" <lcampos_at_cpcis.pt> writes:

As much as I hate NT, I would not recommend Unix for you. Unix is not for faint-hearts. And you sound like you will not gain much advantage going Unix.

>I'm about to raise a small network from sratch and here the things I have
>taken for granted:
>- I'll be working with Oracle Workgroup Server in a 5 user environment
>- The Server will be HP NetServer E40 32 MB RAM with two SCSI harddisks of 2
>Giga each and Pentium Pro 200, with OpenServer (which is some kind of Unix
>made for these machines, I think)
>- The Clients will have Win95, and obviuosly the Oracle Forms Runtime.
 

>What dazzles me is what kind of netmanaging-software to choose, and what
>kind of operating system? If I choose NT the database will have smaller
>response times, but I'll have my net-managing and server operating system,
>all in one, but if I choose Unix, I'll have faster database response times
>but I don't know which software will manage the net, the mail, and all that
>stuff. I confess my inexperience in these matters of setting up a network,
>but the need brings up the knowledge, and I'm a bit in the dark.
 

>You can email me to: lcampos_at_cpcis.pt
 

>Thanks in Advance.
 

>Luis Campos.
Received on Tue Oct 28 1997 - 00:00:00 CST