Oracle has announced that it is terminating its development of Oracle for
the VAX platform. Version 7.1.5 for OpenVMS 5.5-2 to 6.2 on VAX is the last
version. If you are running OpenVMS 7.x on VAX the last version is
7.3.2.3.1. Oracle claims commitment to the OpenVMS Alpha platform. In
light of this I would shy away from Oracle on a VAX platform.
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Thomas W. Vanya
Oracle and OracleRdb Database Administrator
Eastman Chemical Company
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Carlos Orozco <corozco_at_ij.net> wrote in article
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> Justin Kamerman wrote:
>
> > Im doing a feasibility study on running Oracle on an OpenVMS platform.
> >
> > Does anyone know of any problems experienced with this combination?
> >
> > Justin Kamerman
> > justink_at_dexel.co.za
>
> A very loaded question you ask. There are always problems with any
> product and vendor . You need to find out what versions you wish to use
> and take it from there. There are problems that will be insignificant to
> you as well as disastrous. The release note will help you out with the
> known ones. I've beed running on OpenVms 6.2 and Oracle 7.1.5 for over 1
> year now. we had problems with 7.1.3 and a feature of optimization which
> was cleared up in 7.1.5. We use oracle for a manufacturing process in a
> near 7x24 operation. So we consider it critical. We also don't have lots
> of data at this point so our system by most opinions would be small. I
> hope this helps.
>
>
Received on Mon Oct 20 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT
