Re: Netware Vs NT with Oracle

From: Thor HW <thor_at_echidna.net>
Date: 1997/07/21
Message-ID: <01bc9608$4516d400$c570248e@thor_hw>#1/1

I'm definitely NOT a Netware fan ... but Novell is bundling Oracle Web Application Server 3.0 into their next release of Internetware. So I doubt that Oracle products wont show up here.

As far as speed goes ... it is undisputed that on a similar machine it is

	Netware
	NT
	OS/2

in that order.
This is due to Netware not doing the same timeslicing that NT and Unix do. I also find it EXTREMELY useful to be able to run applications directly on the server, especially utilities that I write. You can't do this on Novell unless you want to buy their NLM kit $$$$ and are willing to learn how to write an NLM and understand the ring levels you can run at (or possibly not;^).

Futures/present from Oracle such as Reports/Graphics Server and WEBForms ... I wouldn't bet money on seeing those on Novell, so your options can become limited.
Thor HW

Neil Butterton <neilb_at_missing-link.co.uk> wrote in article
<5r032l$oss_at_ibm1.missing-link.co.uk>...

> In article <5qr8mm$pp0$0_at_207.51.148.50>,
> "Wilson Zhang" <wzhang_at_kbg.com> wrote:
> >Oracle doesn't support Netware any more acoording to my sales rep. The
> >last version is 7.2.
> >So Nt seems to be the choice.
> >
> >
> >Wilson
> >
> >
> This is actually inaccurate - the last installation we did of Oracle on
> Netware was 7.3.2, though I guess this may have moved forward since -
 consult
> the Oracle Web page for latest version.
> Also, we have found Oracle on Netware faster than it's counterpart on NT,
 

> particularly when setting up replication.
>
> NB Do not get me wrong though, I don't necessarily favour NW above NT,
 more
> probrably like some many other comments, Unix would be my choice for
> stability.
>
> Neil.
>
> >
> >
> >
> >Andrew Walker <arw_at_adv-expert-sys.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
> ><kmhA7FA8tPvzEwbD_at_adv-expert-sys.demon.co.uk>...
> >> The company I work for is thinking of networking the office. We have
 15
> >> PCs/users needing access to a server housing an Oracle database.
> >> We don't know whether to go for Novell Netware or Windows NT. Which
> >> would perform best? Has anyone got any opinions?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Andy.
> >> --
> >> Andrew Walker, Senior Programmer, Advanced Expert Systems Ltd.
> >>
>
Received on Mon Jul 21 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT