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Re: Best Intel OS for Oracle ?

From: Barbara Kennedy <barbken_at_teleport.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 08:28:14 -0700
Message-ID: <t%8s5.10293$wS1.326338@nntp2.onemain.com>

Use RAID 0+1 not raid 5 or the OS isn't going to matter much. Disks being the slowest piece in the chain they will have the largest effect (+ or -); proper configuration and enough spindles will make a huge difference.

<brian_at_climbers.ph> wrote in message news:8oq4gf$irr$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Our company's about to spring for an Oracle8i SE
> license for Intel, but I'm not sure which Intel
> OS we should be using. I'm trying to decide
> between Linux and Solaris x86. Or would some
> other OS (SCO? Win2k?) be better?
>
> It'll probably be running on one of our existing
> servers, a 450MHz quad Xeon, 2GB expandable to
> 4GB, RAID drives.
>
> Any recommendations/suggestions would be most
> welcome.
>
> Brian
>
>
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> Before you buy.
Received on Sat Sep 02 2000 - 10:28:14 CDT

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