Re: Oracle on NT issues

As far as the comments on OFA, I believe OFA is applicable... OFA includes more than where to put datafiles. It also includes the ORACLE_BASE, and where to put you dumps, scripts etc. for you databases. USE OFA just like you would on UNIX !!!!

My 2 cents (shillings, lira, yen, etc.....).

In article <62jkcs$3v4_at_srvr1.engin.umich.edu>, jlove_at_engin.umich.edu (Jacob Love) wrote:
>In article <877470967.30276_at_dejanews.com>, <shailesh.doshi_at_wcom.com> wrote:
>>We were told that Oracle is the most popular DBMS on NT in the
>>middle/large database segment!! Any comments ;-)??!!
>
>I'm not sure--don't know if anyone really knows. Oracle delayed
>slightly getting in to the NT market hoping that the platform would not
>pan out as an enterprise-class O/S, and that did give some of the
>others a chance to soak up some market share. I would assume that
>Oracle is less dominant on NT than it is in other areas, and I would
>imagine that Sybase and DB2 each have significant market share. MS
>SQL-Server might not count in the "medium/large" definition (obviously
>dependent on your definition of "medium"), but it is quite strong in
>the smaller database range and seems to be gaining.
>
>Oracle is certainly gaining some headway in the NT market, the newer
>clustering products should provide additional momentum, and its hard to
>see how anyone could go wrong with Oracle on NT at this time.
>
>>1) What is OFA complient directory structure on NT box
>
>I wonder whether this is as important on NT as it is for Unix. Does
>NT allow for disk configuration (or raw devices) which provide most
>of the rationale for OFA?
>
>>2) What could be a good backup strategy?
>
>You should pick up some of the third party Oracle data administration
>books. There are too many different strategies which fit the many
>different circumstances to make for a sensible discussion here.
>
>>3) Is Oracle less stable on NT compared to UNIX
>
>Well, NT is certainly less stable. If you really care about this,
>you should probably think more about Unix.
>
>>4) What are the differences with Oracle on NT v/s on UNIX
>> Things like 4 UNIX processes v/s single Service on NT
>
>Too general a question for me. I'm not sure what you're getting at
>anyway. Although there is only one entry in services on NT, I think
>you'll find several more processes going (db writer, log writer,
>etc). I think that stuff is actually fairly similar.
>
>Good luck.
>
Received on Wed Oct 22 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT