Re: Oracle on HP-UX or Linux on Intel platform

From: Jeroen Gouma <jeroen.leest.dit.niet_at_hccnet.nl>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:47:09 +0200
Message-ID: <cadkmv06hgmrueb1v9j3onu75ebi0nffuk@4ax.com>

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:09:16 -0700, Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote:

>Jeroen Gouma wrote:
>
>>
>>I pretty new into the world of Oracle, but I have to write down the
>>differences between Oracle on HP-UX, Linux and maybe W2K.
>>
>>One thing I can imagine is that for large amounts of data HP-UX would
>>be the best choice, but there sure will be more reasons to prefer one
>>off these solutions.
>>
>>Is there any website where more information is about this?
>>
>>
>Quantity of data is the least of the things I think about.
>
>Hardware choices, first and foremost, are based on stability, security,
>and scalability. And scalability is more than just records ... it is the
>number and size of transactions.
>
>This seems to be a class project and I think it would be wrong for us to
>do more than just point you to the various vendor's and suggest that you
>ask them directly.

For sure this is not a class project, but a question from my boss. At this moment we are running Oracle 9i on Redhat Linux, But I have to advice to migrate or not migrate to HP-UX.

Regards,

Jeroen Received on Thu Sep 18 2003 - 17:47:09 CDT