Re: HELP - Oracle Admin on NT vs UNIX ??

Richard A Papaj wrote:
>
> I have a background as an Oracle DBA in a UNIX (Solaris) environment. I
> have no experience with Oracle on NT but soon may have an instance on NT to
> support. Just a few questions:
>
> How different is Oracle db administration on NT versus UNIX? (e.g. what is
> typically used in NT as the equivalent of shell scripting in UNIX, etc.)
>
> In our environment, we have UNIX sys admins. But if we bring in NT, I may
> be doing some or all of the sys administration. What's the typical level of
> effort required for learning & maintaining NT sys administration?
>
> How would you rate the reliability & performance of NT as a platform for
> Oracle?
>
> Thanks in advance for any input.
> -Rick Papaj

HI
the Oracle bits are pretty much the same (except file paths names e:\blahz\orafile.dbf!).

If you haven't any good NT skills in house you'll need them. Setting up NT and maintaining it is just a skill as it is for Unix - sure any monkey can use the GUI, but actually doing things properly is a missing element in many NT shop. The PHB sees the GUI and decides you don't need training/experience to admin the boxes....

for scripts you can still use perl....

As for reliability, well theres a reason why Oracle have a specific fail safe product for NT! If you need reliability stick with Unix, its far more stable...

could start the O/S war but this link says it all...http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/kirch/

martin Received on Fri Feb 04 2000 - 10:03:51 CST