Re: Ora7: Server vs. Workgroup

Hi Harry,

Oracle Workgroup Server lacks the distributed option and probably the parallel server option also. Because there is no distributed option, it can't have the advanced replication option. For the rest it is the same product, it is with respect to performance not a stripped down version AFAIK.
Can you still buy Oracle7? Black market? Or, Larry forbid, Oracle ?

Hth,
Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

Harry Boswell wrote:

> Help, folks! We've got to buy Oracle7, because a system
> we're getting is still locked in to Oracle7 - a conversion
> to Oracle8 is at least a year away. I need to know the
> specific differences, in as much detail as possible,
> between Oracle7 Server and Workgroup Server. I've searched
> Oracle's website, but if this info is still there, I can't
> find it. The vendor has been non-committal about which
> version we need, and given the price difference, I don't
> want to commit us to the expense of the Server version
> unless it's really necessary (there will eventually be
> up to 250 concurrent users of the system). Given the
> pricing structure, I'm wondering if some potential
> performance problems couldn't be addressed by multiple
> Workgroup Servers less expensively than the (Enterprise)
> Server.
>
> Any help or advice appreciated...
>
> Harry
>
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Received on Mon Feb 01 1999 - 13:24:46 CST