Re: How to deploy a 24hrs , 7 days a week kind of database environment?

In article <71ni6i$r7v$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>, nasof_at_hotmail.com says...

>> >Can Oracle running on NT server have this type of reliability?
>>
>> Oracle can, but I'd be surprised if you can run a big system on NT for more
>> than 24 minutes without it falling over. Unix bigots of the world
unite.....

>That's funny, because I have implemented 24x7 failover systems for both Unix
>and NT and have more luck (and uptime) with NT. Do you speak from a
>standpoint of experience or simple ignorance?

My experience of NT as a reliable, scaleable, server Operating System has been uniformly poor. It is interesting however that your experience differs, and as you say in your other post, perhaps the difference lies in the hardware used.

Of course, many of the criticisms of NT in it current incarnation appear to be very similar to those levelled at Unix only a few years ago compared to MVS etc, so I imagine NT will get there in the end.

>This is a professional forum where adults discuss serious technology issues.
>If you have something positive to contribute please do, otherwise keep your
>predudices and childish attitude to yourself.

Charming. I notice you snipped out the informative bits of my original post. Perhaps I should have put a smiley on the end.

Cheers
Martin

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Martin Rapier, Database Administrator
Corporate Information & Computing Services. University of Sheffield Tel 0114 222 1137 The opinions expressed here may be those of my employer, or they may not. Received on Thu Nov 05 1998 - 08:53:32 CST