Re: How long will 8.1.7 survive?

Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam> wrote in message news:<3d8336f8$0$18869$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
> 13 Sep 2002 14:20:29 -0700, tingl said (and I quote):
> >
> > Just launch the installer or any Java based utilities come with 8i,
> > see how much memory jre is taking up and how much slower they run. No
>
> Yeah, but that's hardly Oracle's fault that the jre eats memory, no?
> Try a later jre. I find they use less memory since 1.3 came out.
>

No, Oracle only makes the decision to use Java for that purpose.

> > In many respects, I find 7.3.4 easier to manage than 8i. At least I
> > don't have to worry about the features I don't need, even the patches
> > are much smaller.
>
> Hmm, obviously you don't have to do much space management in that
> database... And moving stuff around. And fine tuning.
>

You are right and it should not be much work to do it in 7.3.4 either.

> > features and have to find out how to remove them. I have never heard
> > anybody said 7.3 tunning is harder than 8i.
>
> Yet it is. There is not much you can do in 7 to tune the database
> itself. 8i has so much more that can be done it's not even funny to
> compare. Start with the LMTs and the multiple buffer pools and IOT and
> go from there. I won't even mention the function-based indexes. Oops, I
> just did! ;)
>

I have to disagree. There is a great deal can be tuned in 7.3.4. More features do not have to mean better. Many people convert to LMT just because it is a new feature. In reality, if the database is properly configured there is no need to do so. Many Java based utilities like database and network configuration tools tend to be unreliable, I often resort to doing them manually anyway. BTW, I do not use the features above as they do not benefit our applications.  

>
> > Why buy a VCR with multitude of functions, when all you need is
> > playback. It just makes it harder to find the "play" button on your
> > remote.
>
> You may find that most VCR's with multitude of functions also have a much
> better image quality and can rewind/fast forward a lot quicker.

Unfortunately this is not completely true for 8i. If Oracle 8i's new features does not benefit the applications I am using, then it is not any faster than 7.3.4 on my existing hardware. The bottom line question is: If 7.3.4 gives me everything I need, what is the need to upgrade? Received on Mon Sep 16 2002 - 12:57:35 CDT