Re: ADVICE: SERVERS & BACKEND DATABASE

Rich,

  Will you be around to help this poor guy, or are you (Oracle) gonna leave him stranded like me? I'm stuck with your products because of a "business decision" that was made before I came here. I probably would have let this post slide except for:

> ...
> Workgroup Server, which comes pre-configured and doesn't require a
> Master-certified DBA, and the Enterprise Server, which is the full
> ...

Your documentation is full of self referential items that don't exist. In other words, "If you don't know how to use it, we won't show you how it's done. If you haven't been using it since version 6.0, you can't possibly expect us to explain v. 7.2 to you from scratch!"

Lastly, this always irks me. This is the ultimate in professional disclaimers:

> Rich Woods
> Technical Field Support Specialist, Oracle Corporation, USA
> The above statements and opinions are my own and do not
> necessarily represent those of Oracle Corporation.
>

You work for the damn company! Sorry, I don't mean to make this personal, but, every post I've ever seen from someone at Oracle has the same disclaimer, so I guess it's policy or something. Just let it serve as an indication of the quality of support you'll receive from the company.

Oh and Gene,

  I don't work for the competition or anything like that, but I do suggest you find a database professional, to at least come in, look things over, and give you an objective opinion. I'd plan on spending 3-5 thousand dollars just for the report. If you're really cautious have it done twice.

Good luck,
--Paul   

Rich Woods <rawoods_at_concentric.net> wrote in article <332B4191.27D1_at_concentric.net>...
> Gene Berger wrote:
> >
> > I don't want to start a "My database is better then your database"
> >
> > war ... but I need advice.
> >
> > We are have two servers connected by a hub:
> > #1 10BaseT\Ethernet - Novell 4.1
> > #2 Coax - Novell 3.1
> >
> > We will need to connect the new network to existing networks.
> > The current 4.1 network are is max'ed out.
> >
> > Currently, we use Foxpro\Visual Foxpro\Visual Basic for our database
> >
> > needs. We need to start working with some gig sized databases
> >
> > (number crunching\accounting stuff). Assuming we use Visual
> >
> > Foxpro\Visual Basic, there are two questions.
> >
> > What operating system do we go with (NT Server or Netware).
> > What SQL backend should we use (MS SQL Server/Oracle/Sybase/etc)?
> >
> > We are mostly accountants here that also do programming but know
> >
> > very little about networking & client-server. We do not have a
> >
> > systems administrator (I hate installing software that says "Ask
> >
> > your network administrator".) Obviously we are going to have to
> >
> > take classes in whatever platforms we choose.
> >
> > But which platforms?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gene Berger
> > Nationwide Warehouse & Storage
> > Columbus, OH
> My obviously biased recommendation would be to go the NT/Oracle7 route.
> Oracle offers two types of server bundles for most platforms, the
> Workgroup Server, which comes pre-configured and doesn't require a
> Master-certified DBA, and the Enterprise Server, which is the full
> blown edition. Visit Oracle's web site at www.oracle.com and the
> Servers section for more info.
> --
> Rich Woods
> Technical Field Support Specialist, Oracle Corporation, USA
> The above statements and opinions are my own and do not
> necessarily represent those of Oracle Corporation.
>
Received on Mon Mar 17 1997 - 00:00:00 CST