Re: ?Oracle c/s over WAN?

CrazyCam,

You didn't mention how many remote sites and where they are going to be.

This isn't a direct answer to your question...

If you are implementing 10SC (SmartClient), you not only have to consider bandwidth, you have to consider distance between sites. The client I am currently on discovered that performance of 10SC decreased significantly the farther from the database server the fat client was. Response times were measured in minutes when complicated screens had to be painted.

If all of your sites are within 100 miles of the database server, you probably don't have to worry about distance. Much more than that, and you need to look at alternatives. As far as I know, the alternatives are:

1. Character apps (don't implement GUI) (short term fix)
2. Use WinFrame from Citrix (expensive but tried and it works)
3. Wait for the NCA version of the apps (the wildcard, not out there yet)

Bill Bearden
Bill Bearden Consulting

p.s. (I would guess that 128K lines between each site and the database server would be sufficient).

CrazyCam Manson <crazycam_at_ar.com.au> wrote in article <3543D8FD.8EF_at_ar.com.au>...
> Hi there folks,
>
> Sorry to bother you folks, but I wonder if any of you experts on Oracle
> could help please.
>
> The mob I work for have dicided to install Oracle Financials and MRP,
> using a big HP 9000 as the database server and "thick" clients which I
> take to mean self-supporting in terms of application stuff.
>
> I am trying to guestimate our WAN network requirements, but find that
> the Oracle (Australia) folk are either _very_ unhelpful, or _very_
> secretive, or possibly don't know themselves how much bandwidth is
> likely to be required.
>
> We'd be supporting 5 financials users at each remote site, plus 15
> MRP users...total of 20, so can anyone tell me how much bandwidth I'm
> likely to need?
>
> regards,
> CrazyCam
>
Received on Fri May 01 1998 - 06:57:19 CDT