Re: Oracle running mostly on NT/win2000 or Unix?

jinjja_at_aol.com (JinJJa) wrote in message news:<20020131024447.16506.00000643_at_mb-cu.aol.com>...
> Hello, I am a MS SQL DBA of 5 years who is interested in learning Oracle.
>
> I would like to know on which OS platform does Oracle usually run on? Someone
> told me Oracle runs on NT/2000 platform than any other OS. Other have said
> Oracle runs mostly on Unix. Can anyone give me an insight on this?

What do you mean with "usually run on" and "runs mostly" ? You haven't specified units you're using. I'll give you an example from company which I'm working for. By numbers we have much more Oracle databases on NTs than on Unix servers. However all big and important ones are (of course) on Unix. So are we running Oracle databases mostly on NTs ? I do not know. Response depends if you're looking for numbers or importance and size factor. If you're counting database for small branch office with the same weight as TB+ data warehouse, then NTs will prevail, but in size/importance numbers UNIXs are holding very well.

> Also, if I want to be serious about learning Oracle, should I familiarze myself with Unix? How important is Java in learning Oracle?

If you want to work in IT business in enterprise scale, then learning UNIX is a must. I do not think that JAVA is essential for Oracle DBA, but everything you know is advantage in this job. Even knowing how to make a good coffee can help. :-)

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