Re: Tough question for oracle DBAs/Solaris Admins. Log shipping.

From: <jKILLSPAM.schipper_at_math.uu.nl>
Date: 06 Sep 2006 14:54:48 GMT
Message-ID: <44fee138$0$5348$dbd4f001@news.wanadoo.nl>

In comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc Rich Teer <rich.teer_at_rite-group.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, jKILLSPAM.schipper_at_math.uu.nl wrote:

>> Nice. Not necessarily useful, but thoroughly nice.

>
> Heh, I take it you've not done much enterprise class computing. :-)
>
> In an environment where downtime is not only inconvenient, it is
> also extremely expensive, hot swappable CPUs are not only useful,
> they're almost a requirement.
>
> The thought of incurring hundreds of thousands of dollars of costs
> due to downtime "just" to replace a CPU is not very paletable in
> those enterprise environments. The same also applies for upgrades:
> the ability to add CPU/memory resources to a running system can also
> save huge amounts of cash.

You are very right. Then again, I strive hard to not earn my money doing this [1], and that pretty much precludes getting my hands on a big enough budget to do this kind of thing.

For what I _do_ do, OpenBSD is very well suited; and let's not forget that OpenBSD has several places, even in a big enterprise, where it would be very welcome; it's capacities as a firewall cannot be underestimated, and it's excellent security track record is helpful in many positions.

Running it on big iron probably isn't the smartest move one could make, though.

                Joachim

[1] Frankly, I find other things more challenging and eventually, more fulfilling. Like maths and, in a different way, politics. Received on Wed Sep 06 2006 - 09:54:48 CDT