Re: Oracle SGA size on i386 platforms

>When you are dealing in a specialised domain with very few application

>vendors, you have little choice other than to use the platforms they
>support. Also note that originally they did support our preferred
>platform and if it wasn't for HP purchasing the Alpha/Tru64 IP and
>deciding to wind it up in 2010, everything would be fine. We are
>putting considerable pressure on the app. vendor and may be able to
>get them to support us running on Linux, but no guarantees.

Eh? I'm sure I received a sunset notice from Compaq 5-7 years ago.

>Its also not as simple as just changing to another application. The
>project to get this one up and running took nearly 4 years (including
>analysis and selection, BPI, configuration etc) and cost over
>$8Million. HPs announcement regarding Tru64 occured late enough in the

>project we were committed and could not change.

If you are into the millions with your vendor, you might mention to them that you want an upgrade path supported by HP.

I'm having trouble believing even a very complicated app could take that long to port from tru64 to hp-ux. What does HP say about it? http://h30097.www3.hp.com/transition/app_tools.html

jg

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