Re: Oracle on SUN --> Oracle on DEC Aplha + Digital Unix ?

I have worked on Suns and DEC Unix boxes. My experience (and the marketing numbers support) that DEC beats Sun in many of the ratings for processor speed and IO rates.

We support many clients that use DEC UNIX and have never been happier. Some of those shops also run Suns (but no oracle on them) and their comparisons are that DEC boxes are faster for the money. I've worked quite a bit with Oracle on DEC UNIX and I find that, while it isn't the first UNIX platform that Oracle develops on, it's right near the front.

I would recommend DEC.

Dan

amccullo_at_ccu1.auckland.ac.nz (Alan MCCulloch) writes:

>Hi
 

>We are currently running Oracle 7.2 on an ageing SUN Sparc2.
 

>Because of a good hardware price, there is a proposal to
>upgrade to a DEC Alpha, Digital Unix, rather than the
>original SUN upgrade we intended.
 

>Does anybody have any experience or views on this as a good
>or bad idea ?
 

>There is some concern that we may be moving to a less popular
>UNIX, possibly less supported and with a doubtful future.
>There are also some learning curve issues, and the need
>to convert our SQL*Forms "legacy" apps to Developer 2k/Forms 4.5,
>whereas under a SUN upgrade we can run them as they are
>(connectintg via SQL*Net).
 

>(We are not planning to use Developer 2K /Forms 4.5
>as our future client, so this would be a one off learning
>curve. We are into Delphi and Java/HTML)
 

>Thanks for any advice / experience
 

>Alan McCulloch
Received on Wed Mar 25 1998 - 00:00:00 CST