Re: Enterprise 8i on Linux or Solaris?

FYI, Most of the newer Sun "Ultra" boxes are using PCI bus technology. Even with that, I'd lean towards the Sun solution. My experience with Oracle's early Linux releases (8.1.5) was not very pleasant; I haven't tried the newer ones. Oracle on Solaris is generally rock solid.

-Peter

Lehmann wrote:
>
> Why to go with Solaris and Sun:
>
> * Sun systems doesn't use PC style bus technologies (not talking about x86
> Solaris) - The have bus technologies which is so much better that the PC
> architecture that no comaprison is necessary
> * Sun's hardware architecture is based upon some og the CRAY technologies -
> The mother of supercomputing
> * Filesystems - Veritas is available and support raw-device-like performance
> checkout : http://www.sun.com/service/sunps/enterprise/vos/index.html
> Veritas, Oracle and Sun has a strategic allicance
> * If we are talking 24x7x365 linux cluster and failover is not a developed
> as Sun/Solaris
> * If you think Linux is stable - multiply that with a factor <insert large
> number here>
> * Service!!! - Who will you turn to when the shit comes down on your Linux??
>
> I have a saying : You get what you pay for! This applies to Sun
>
> <daryl_at_McGregor.bc.ca> wrote in message news:8t52fa$utp$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > I'm making some purchasing decisions for my company. We're going to
> > purchase Enterprise 8i, but I'm not sure yet what operating system that
> > I want to go with.
> >
> > Linux boxes tend to be cheaper, both for hardware reasons and Oracle
> > Licensing.
> >
> > Some people believe that a Solaris platform would be stronger but nobody
> > can tell me why. The only reasoning I hear is that Oracle has been
> > designing for Solaris for such a long time. I need a little more than
> > just hearsay to make an educated decision.
> >
> > What are facts here? Is a Solaris platform better? If I go with
> > Solaris, I have to justify the increased cost. I've seen a lot of
> > postings here about installation problems with RH 7.0 but that's not a
> > very concrete reason for selecting Solaris over Linux.
> >
> > Got some facts? Need the info.
> >
> > Daryl Beauregard
> > GIS Analyst and DBA
> > The McGregor Group
> > Prince George, Canada
> >
> >
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> > Before you buy.
Received on Thu Oct 26 2000 - 06:24:50 CDT