Re: Oracle on NT vs. UNIX - What are the Issues?

From: David Fetter <dfetter_at_shell4.ba.best.com>
Date: 15 Apr 1998 14:44:51 GMT
Message-ID: <6h2h53$5p9$1@nntp1.ba.best.com>

Art <amarshall_at_idcomm.com> wrote:
> We are deciding which operating system on which to place an Oracle
> Transparent Gateway Server. Since it will be servicing multiple databases,
> it must have high availability.

> What are the issues and your points of view concerning a choice between the
> two operating systems? Some things to consider are stability, technological
> trends, cost of purchase, and cost of ownership. Other issues must also
> exist.

For high availability systems, I can't recommend using Windows NT. It is simply not stable enough for this use. Technological trends are pointing away from Windows, as the huge growth of other operating systems is showing. Cost of purchase is actually quite high on any bang/buck metric. Re: cost of ownership, I believe that it was Oracle Corporation that came up with a minimum of $100k per hour of unplanned network outage, which NT will guarantee.

You might also wish to consider scalability, which NT has promised for some time in the future, and which UNIX presently delivers.

Hope this helps,
David.
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