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Re: Request for advice

From: D & S <dbd_at_bigfoot.nsp.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 01:11:11 GMT
Message-ID: <P0p77.25893$EP6.6334875@news1.rdc2.pa.home.com>

sorry I'm so vague with information
sorry I'm so vague with information
sorry I'm so vague with information


"Daniel A. Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:3B5CF876.9A23357B_at_exesolutions.com...
> D & S wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Let's say that I currently have a DEC AlphaServer 4100 running OpenVMS
 7.2-1
> > and Oracle 8i. I want to replace this server with some other type of
> > machine and I have about 40k to play with. What type of server should I
> > look at? An Itanium? A Sun? How about what operating system? Thanks
 for
> > any help - sorry I'm so vague with information, but just looking for a
 WAG.
> >
> > - Doug -
>
> Lets say you told us what you were going to do with it? How large a
 database,
> how important various forms of hardware and software mirroring, how many
 users,
> why heck ... we could tell you something relevant.
>
> But I would definitely look at Sun ... if for no other reason than that is
 where
> Oracle produces its initial releases and releases patches first.
>
> Daniel A. Morgan
>
Received on Tue Jul 24 2001 - 20:11:11 CDT

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