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Harvey <harveyb999_at_beliveau.cc> wrote in message news:<3E3FF65C.9793F46C_at_beliveau.cc>...
> "P.M. Groen" wrote:
> > Welll.... let me clarify a bit. I am adding a server to an environment > and the proposed box is a Sun V880. It's not a matter of replacing an > existing OS with another, that box will be upgraded in the process of > moving into a test server capacity while the new box moves into the > production role. I'm looking for some 'quick and dirty' points to make, > i.e., improved I/O performance, stability, etc. > > Linux isn't on the radar screen at the moment - it will be in the > future, but for now it isn't a candidate OS for us for a heavy > production environment. > > Thanks Folks! > > Harv
Simply put, it all depends on your business requirement/rules and cash that you can spare for an enterprise server. There isn't a "quick and dirty" way to get to this decision. As you are probably well aware that first layer in running a robust RDBMS is the hardware/network. If you don't do it right, you are hosed but then again you do not really want to go over board which may piss off those pinhead bean counters on the upper floors.
You would have to come up with few answers before making this decision, like what level of data security, size of database, Number of users, future business growth, type of environment (OLTP, DSS etc), number of instances, uptime/availability etc. Depending on that, then you can decide what suits best in your env. Unix servers have always been robust but pricy, Windoze 2K servers have also come a long way. They may not be as robust but cheap and easy to maintain. Throw Linux on Intel in the mix and you have plenty to choose from.
Or if you want to bypass all I mentioned above... but still have plenty of cash available... just go for the biggest bad boy Unix server on the block. -:)
Regards
/Rauf Sarwar
Received on Tue Feb 04 2003 - 17:51:42 CST