Re: AIX vs Solaris

> Oracle on AIX is definitely faster. Applications are much more stable
> on AIX than on Solaris...sorry Slowaris.
>

How many applications have you tested?
Are both systems equally configured and cost the same? What problems did you encounter with Solaris?

> Yes, AIX might be expensive but you make it up over time. the no. of
> tools available for AIX is huge...the capabilties are much advanced
> compared to Slowaris.
>

What capabilities? What tools?

> Sun is cheaper, no doubt. scalability is limited. As one poster
> mentioned, getting Oracle patches is faster on Sun than on AIX.
>

What do you mean by Sun? The hardware, the software, or the company?

> we develop large, commercial applications on 4 of the most widely used
> UNIX flavours and we have seen that Slowaris under performs quite a few
> times. it is not just the application but the database too.
>
> RAC on AIX performs better than on Sun. RAC setup even in early 2001
> was quite easy compared to Sun.
>

Again, are they equally configured and tuned?

> web applications, java stuff seem to do well on Slowaris boxes ..small
> to large but commerical applications, ERP, etc. don't scale as well on
> Sun as they do on AIX.
>

How much do you need to scale? More than Fortune 500 companies?

> so, i would choose Sun over AIX if my budgets are small and performance
> is not really a major criteria. the type of application also needs
> consideration.
>

What's your definition of small budgets? Sun systems cost from thousands to millions. Received on Fri Jul 21 2006 - 20:35:42 CDT