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Wow. I'll do what I can to help you.
Hope this helps!
Rob
joe <god_lou_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have to install 8i on a server on a NOVELL network with windows 98
clients
> accessing the server. Some workstations have 64 megs of ram and some have
> 32megs of ram and between 2-15 gigabytes of hard drive space.
> Our Professors will be teaching a class using oracle teaching SQL/PLUS and
> the students will need to connect from home, and a computer lab (client).
We
> will have about 40-60 students logged into server at one time.
>
> Questions are:
> 1. This needs to be web enabled( I'm not sure what that means)so how is
> this done? ...what else in terms of software do I need to load? web
> designer? with ODBC (API) and the server must be up and running 24/7.
> 2. Should I include in the purchase of a server a tape backup etc?
> 3. How much memory, processor speed(dual processors?), hard drive space,
do
> I need to have this function well and not to slow? What do you recommend?
> 4. What would be the recommended Operating System NT4 or 2000 server or
> advances server etc?
> 5. What do I need on the clients workstations minimum to connect to the
> server in terms of ram and hard drive space? If they are connecting from
> home would the 56K modem connection be to slow to test if their
application
> works.
> 6. What else needs to be installed to make the connection to the
> database(Web Designer)?
> 7. If I am administering this database do I administer from a client
> workstation or the server itself? Meaning will I have to get a good
client
> loaded with lots of extra ram and Hard drive space?
>
> The school has all the disks needed, about 98 cd-rom's total to load
> all the applications which I'm sure I don't have to do.
> Eventually they may expand the program. I won't be teaching, just
> administering the database, creating the id's, and maintaining it. Will
> this be good experience in getting a job as an Oracle DBA?
> Your help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks
> Lou
>
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Received on Mon Dec 11 2000 - 10:07:21 CST