Re: Best OS for the following...

In article <3AB6EB8E.982EA309_at_exesolutions.com>, Daniel A. Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> writes:
>> Sorry to come at you with the same old "Best OS" question. I'll try to be
 as
>> specific as I can in the requirements as I know that it makes all the
>> differnce...
>>
>> The OS's under condsideration are: HP-UX, Tru64, Win2k and Linux.
>>
>> Our IT group has technical competency in both Unix and NT 4.0 admin.
 Although
>> I, the defacto DBA, don't have much too much system admin background. I
 will
>> either have to learn Unix admin or leave the admin to our NT pro's (they
>> don't like me playing with their servers too much).
>>
>> The target database will likely be small 60-100 MB of data and have very
 few
>> real users. It'll mostly be used for batch processing and reporting.
>>
>> Hopefully, this gives you an idea of what I'm looking at. Any advice would
 be
>> much appreciated.
>
>Much as it pains me to say this I would say Win2K because you already have
 the
>expertise in-house and it will keep the "Microsoft-is-a-religion" types from
 going
>crazy. From the list above the best choice if you had a requirement for a
 larger
>database or hundreds of users would be HP/UX. And were I in your shoes I
 would go
>Linux because it is substantially better than Win2K from my experience.
>
>Just make sure you extract a pound of flesh on this one. Such as making them
 come
>in on weekends and holidays when the O/S requires a reboot.
>
>Daniel A. Morgan
>

Thanks. One more question/point of concern: This needs to be a 24x7x365 database. It may be a small DB, but it is rather vital. Don't know if that makes a differnce in the recomendation.

Thanks again,
Mike Moore

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