Re: ORACLE on NT vs. UNIX

[Quoted] I would go with NT for the number of concurrent users is very small. I agree with the others you should have at least 64 megs of ram and 10 gigs of hard drive space.

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Patrick Lanphier                      Applied Research Laboratory
email: pml10_at_psu.edu                  Pennsylvania State University



Luis Moreno Campos wrote:


> 

> I'm about to raise a small network from sratch and here the things I have

> taken for granted:

> - I'll be working with Oracle Workgroup Server in a 5 user environment


> - The Server will be HP NetServer E40 32 MB RAM with two SCSI harddisks of 2

> Giga each and Pentium Pro 200, with OpenServer (which is some kind of Unix

> made for these machines, I think)

> - The Clients will have Win95, and obviuosly the Oracle Forms Runtime.

> 

> What dazzles me is what kind of netmanaging-software to choose, and what

> kind of operating system? If I choose NT the database will have smaller

> response times, but I'll have my net-managing and server operating system,

> all in one, but if I choose Unix, I'll have faster database response times

> but I don't know which software will manage the net, the mail, and all that

> stuff. I confess my inexperience in these matters of setting up a network,

> but the need brings up the knowledge, and I'm a bit in the dark.

> 

> You can email me to: lcampos_at_cpcis.pt

> 

> Thanks in Advance.

> 

> Luis Campos.