Re: NT vs Solaris

Hi All

I've run both and haven't had any problems with them. The place I work is going to NT for the majority of our Oracle databases for one reason. IT IS CHEAPER. It is a lot easier to support NT then to support Solaris. We have lots of NT expertise because it is our network file server and desktop standard. We do not have the same level of UNIX expertise.

I also believe that the intel platform is the better bet in the long run.

On the flip side....

I installed Solaris for x86 and NT on identical hardware. I then ran Oracle on both boxes with the database configured the same for SGA and datafiles. During testing the Solaris box performance was close to twice that of the NT box.

Management response was "So what NT is still cheaper to support, Just buy faster hardware "

This was on NT 3.5.1 but I don't think the results would be a whole lot different if I tried it again.

l8r
Rob Hart
robert.hart_at_gov.edmonton.ab.ca

Donald King wrote in message <3557BD47.4CBB_at_cjnetworks.com>...
>I am new to the Oracle arena and my office has asked me to evaluate the
>differences between Windows NT Server and Sun Solaris Unix. I have
>never had experience with Oracle on either so I do not know anything
>about the performance. Does anyone out there have any related
>experience with either in the way of using Oracle. Our vendor indicated
>to us that they would prefer a Sun box running Solaris as in the past
>they have had problems porting the repository from NT. Does anyone have
>any preference? Horror stories? etc. etc. Thanks.
>
>Please reply to : smokee82_at_cjnetworks.com
>
>Donald King
Received on Wed May 13 1998 - 08:51:21 CDT