Re: Best OS for the following...

My experience with Linux is that you can trust it ... If the person setting it up knows what they are doing and isn't just playing with the operating system d'jour in their spare time.

But when I think Oracle I think Sun-Solaris. I think HP/UX. And I think Sequent.

If the database is vital then spend the money to do it correctly. But never forget that once you cross onto a UNIX platform it is not the time to scrimp on dollars for a good UNIX SA.

Daniel A. Morgan

> I would not trust Linux for a VITAL database. But maybe some people can
> comment on it (linux)? Can you get decent support (patches, upgrades, etc)
> on this?
> I admit it could be fun to play around (for thos who like un*x that is), but
> it sounds too much like a high-school project to me, not to be trusted in a
> real business environment.
>
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> "Antonio Sant" <asant_at_iol.it> a écrit dans le message news:
> NfOt6.68949$6W.6572875_at_news.infostrada.it...
> >
> > What about a good machine with Linux?
> >
> >
> > Say a dual P3, 1G RAM, RAID 3 SCSI HD (60 GB I suggest).
> >
> > I think it's stable and not so expensive.
> >
> > It's also open and free!
> >
> > It's like a real Unix, we test some progs under linux and then reompile
 them
> > under SUN OS SOLARIS, beet of fun!
> >
> > Bye!
> >
> > <mmoore96_at_my-deja.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> > news:995t7a$lbc$1_at_news.netmar.com...
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike Moore
> > > Oracle DBA/Developer
> > >
> > >
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Received on Wed Mar 21 2001 - 00:19:02 CST