Re: Oracle on Windows vs Solaris or Linux ?

From: <meet.lsuresh_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:20:22 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <42cb614e-d8c8-4da3-b7e2-94a9cc74d491@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>


On Mar 9, 10:05 pm, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
> F wrote:
> > DoesOracleRAC on windows have any issues as opposed to sayOracleon
> > Solaris or Linux ?
>
> > We are usingOracle10g
>
> > Thanks
>
> All of my experiences with RAC on Windows have been negative.
>
> Not necessarily because Windows can't perform as well as Linux
> or Solaris but definitely because Windows Admins can not
> perform as well as *NIX admins.
>
> Stick with *NIX until such time as you can find a Windows Admin
> that can do the job outside the GUI.
>
> One example of RAC on Windows that seems common is that the
> typical sub-second to 2 second fail-overs we typically see withOracleand RedHat Linux can be 20-25 second failovers when on
> the same hardware configured with Windows AS 2003.
> --
> Daniel A. MorganOracleAce Director & Instructor
> University of Washington
> damor..._at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
> Puget SoundOracleUsers Groupwww.psoug.org

Excellent Answer Daniel!!

Suresh
http://applicationsdba.blogspot.com Received on Mon Mar 10 2008 - 10:20:22 CDT

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