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

I also run DEC UNIX on an Alpha, but version 3.2D with Oracle 7.2. Any thoughts to
upgrading to DEC UNIX 4? and/or Oracle 7.3 or 8?

Dan Norris wrote:

> 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 Mon Mar 30 1998 - 00:00:00 CST