Re: Selecting Platform

Scott,

Regarding platforms:
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>Netware

I would avoid this choice. Oracle requires a real OS to work properly. I am not
bashing Netware, it's a fine file and print server. But it was not really designed
to run client/server applications such as Oracle. Every project where I have done
Oracle on Netware, performance has been a huge issue. For example, a small project on Netware having a server with dual p-90's and 96 megs ram could not
handle a 12 user load. We were CPU bound. We installed Novell's UNIX on the same machine (no hardware changes) and ran at 15-20% CPU utilization.
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>NT

Not sure why you are against NT. There is always lot's of press about NT versus
UNIX -- but that usually is biggots both ways bashing the other side. I think NT
is a reasonable candidate since a small business might not have staff trained
or comfortable with non-microsoft products. Oracle runs fine on NT, plus Dell
ships all there servers with Oracle 8 as of this year.
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>Sun Sparc Solaris

UNIX is the best platform to run Oracle on (in my opinion). But again, a small
business may not have staff who can do maintenance/admin for UNIX. You may well be building a permanent IS budget for the company. Mkae sure they are ware of the costs, but if they are OK with this -- then any UNIX is good.

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Also, you mention that you do not have much oracle experience. I do not want to sound arrogant or rude, but I would not recommend using Oracle (even though
I think it is the best DB out there) for inexperienced developers for a small
business. I have been to several trials serving as an expert witness for projects
such as you discuss. My point is that small businesses cannot afford and will
often seek renumeration for Oracle application developmets gone awry ... Received on Wed Jul 01 1998 - 06:55:48 CDT