Re: Preferred OS for an Oracle Server?

Hi, there.

        My two cents.

        Generally about stability, NT is the most stable one. Look at the trend that SUN, SGI ... are all going to adopt NT to their next generation of computers. NT is definitly the most stable one. Specifically, technically speaking, NT is fairly stable, if you don't count in the frequent reboot when you install things. :-)

        Never buy a PC for mission cretical systems like database. DEC Alpha is the better choice, if you can aford.

        So, if I were you, my choice would be Alpha with NT as the Server hardware.

	Best.
	C.-J.
 

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 Wed Feb 25 1998 - 00:00:00 CST