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question on 9iAS, backups and different platforms

From: pheonix1t <pheonix1t898oi_at_iliiearthilink.eionet>
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 13:33:52 GMT
Message-ID: <4FNYa.174$US5.165@newsread5.news.pas.earthlink.net>


hello,
before I get too far with my current project i'd like to run this past the experienced people on this list to see what they've seen regarding this issue.
I have to deploy an oracle 9iAS server. For now, we have the windows 2000 disks for this....but eventually the whole 9iAS system will be pure linux. I didn't read too much about doing backups for 9iAS or how much trouble it is to move apps. between platforms (windows to linux). Supposedly, the 9iAS package makes the applications independant of the operating system.....so in theory this shouldn't be too much of a pain...but we all know how much theory actually works in a production setting!
Are there any issues about this that I should be aware of....I can get the windows servers up sooner than I can the linux servers. But once done, the linux servers will run with less problems than the windows ones. I'd like to setup the 9iAS on windows, develop the apps, then while that's being done I can setup the linux servers, then move the apps to the linux servers running 9iAS. Does this sound reasonable or should I bite the bullet and forget the "quick and dirty" windows approach and just take the time to setup linux instead? Also...I got a bit of an odd request yesterday. Can oracle serve as a file server to store a bunch of stuff that is being shared on a network?   I don't think so. But I did recall the Collaboration Suite does something like this, but you can't just use windows explorer to see the shared files....you have to use an oracle client to see all of your stuff. Can something like this be done? The reason is that this medical center has a very strict way they have setup their folder structure for the shared files. Like I said....I'm not sure, but if anyone can confirm this, that would be cool!

Thanks,

Oskar Received on Fri Aug 08 2003 - 08:33:52 CDT

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