Re: Sybase and Oracle on the same box?

Hmmm. Always suspected Sybase was a virus :-) And I can just see them taking a leaf out of Microsoft's book...

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bob wuttke wrote:

> Yes its possible, but my experience tells me running 2 different
> database servers on the same box is disasterous. Since databases use
> shared memory, there is a high probability that a memory page from
> SYBASE can find its way into the address space of an ORACLE page (or
> vice versa). The result is a corrupted datafile in ORACLE.
>
> I spent a few months (back in 1996) repairing periodic 'shotgun blasts'
> in my database (I had to edit the hex values of data block headers in my
> file system-based datafiles). We later discovered a job scheduling
> product using SYBASE in raw partitions was writing status messages in
> the middle of a data table in ORACLE. We had this product relocated and
> the problem went away.
>
> I would have to strongly advise against it. Good Luck.
>
> bobw
>
> Sergei Galperin wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > Does anybody run Sybase and Oracle on the same box?
> > Is it possible?
> > I appreciate your answer.
> >
> > Sergei, Oracle/Sybase DBA
Received on Fri Feb 12 1999 - 14:42:57 CST