Re: Oracle on NT or Netware?

Tom Kustner wrote:
>
> If we decide to get Oracle, we are considering running it initially on
> a Netware server before migrating on an NT server. Some quick
> questions:
> A. From a developer's point of view, is there a difference between
> working on Oracle for Netware vs. Oracle for NT?
> B. Taking a step back, which is preferable, Oracle for Netware or
> Oracle for NT? You can assume this will be a dedicated server.
> Considerations:
> 1. Level of Oracle support
> 2. Stability
> 3. Speed
> C. If we start with Oracle for Netware, can we migrate smoothly to
> Oracle on an NT server?
> D. Regarding Netware, is it preferable that we use a Netware 4.11
> server vs. Netware 3.12?
>
> Tom Kustner

We were using Oracle on Netware 3.12 and 4.1. We have migrated to Oracle 7.3.2.3.2 on NT now.

When we were on Netware, server crashes happened every week. There is a memory leak that eating up all the cache buffers on Netware. We did EXP/IMP to move our database to NT.

We are very happy with Oracle for NT now.

But there is one disadvantage on Oracle for NT. That is the online backup which is not very convenient. You have to use ocopy73 to copy the opened database files. During ocopy73, the server runs very slow.

Hope this helps

Bo Lu
Senior DBA
U. of Utah Hospital
801-581-5964 Received on Thu Feb 13 1997 - 00:00:00 CST