Re: Preferred OS for an Oracle Server?

I've done both Unix and NT over the years ... Some client prefer to use NT over Unix because most do not have the necessary inhouse skills/ or budget And they are more familiar with NT ..

But if you are going to ask me .. I still prefer Oracle on a Unix box ...

Going with an NT box is also not a bad solution since Oracle product are continuously being improved in this environment , and probably it will be as mature and as stable as Oracle on Unix box .. Just make sure you have an updated service pack from Microsoft .

As for memory resources , 64M is too small . If you could provide 128M or more , your users will be happy . Oracle makes heavy use of the memory for optimum performance .

Good luck .

Mark Mealman wrote:
>
> I'm part of a team that's going to be installing an Oracle 7 database system
> into an office that's currently using Novell 4.11.
>
> We would prefer to install another Novell server that's dedicated just to
> running Oracle, however I've gotten some information from other outside
> sources that has suggested NT 4.0 would be a better platform for our new
> database server.
>
> This database will probably be the bread and butter for company we're
> installing it for, although it's not a heavy site(70 or so users). Even so,
> we want to make sure this server is a stable as possible.
>
> Do any of you have server OS opinions based on experience?
>
> Any hardware suggestions? At the moment we're leaning on purchasing a Compaq
> Proliant 2500 or 3000. Would 64 or 128 megs of ram be enough, or should we
> look at putting in 256 megs instead?
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions(or even pointers to some good papers) would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark Mealman
> Tago Inc.
Received on Tue Feb 24 1998 - 00:00:00 CST