Re: Oracle8 on NT Server or Workstation?

It is not so much the operating system in this case, but it would be rare to find Raid 5 of 0+1 on a workstation.

NTS has connection limits that are also higher (many would say correctly that NTW could handle higher connection limits too, but that Microsoft wants to charge more for the added functionality, which they do via NTS). The thing to consider here is how many concurrent users will you have, NTS will support a large number where NTW just cannot because Microsoft just does not allow it to.

When I think NTServer, I think of a machine with a couple of processors (4 would be nice) and a big array of RAID disk space, NTW should not really be configured with massive disk space in a normal large organization, because backups become more important and file servers (NTS) are used for that purpose.

Basically NTW usually fills more of a single user function, whereas NTS is purchased to support many users.

I concur with the others who have responded to this thread; if it is to be a real live Oracle Production database NT Server or even better a Unix Server is the way to go (Unix Servers cost more initially, but can be administered remotely much more easily).

In article <368cdaf7.1723177_at_news.lut.fi>, hosia_at_lut.fi wrote:
>gennick_at_worldnet.att.net (Jonathan Gennick) kirjoitteli seuraavaa:
>
>>On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 03:47:36 GMT, sen_at_nwu.edu wrote:
>>
>>>I am planning on setting up an Oracle8 server machine
>>>and am trying to decide whether to install it onto
>>>NT Server or NT Workstation.
>>>
>>>What are the advantages/disadvantages either way?
>>
>>I would also be interested in the answers to this. Any
>>database that I expected people to use for real work would
>>go on NT Server. Yet I do have one experimental, 8i database
>>on a NT Workstation. I would be very interested to hear what
>>you lose when you go from NT Server to NT Workstation.
>
>There is no difference as NTW uses same kernel as NTS.
>
>Some registry-values are different to begin with and NTS has some
>additional software bundled in (mainly IIS) and has different
>licensing policy but that's all.
>
>There was a lot of discussion of differencies between NTW and NTS when
>they were released and after a thorough examination it was generally
>accepted that there are none. ( Despite of MS claiming otherwise.)
>
>Tuomas
Received on Fri Jan 01 1999 - 10:15:41 CST