Re: SQL Net

In article <1354_at_pivot-sts.sbi.com> ken_at_comanche.sbi.com (Ken Jones) writes:
>Dear Oracle Guru's
>
>We looking at using Oracle in a distributed environment. I've heard that
>this is accomplished using SQL net. But is it reliable? Is it a good product?
>Is it worth it. Are there any alternatives?
>
>
>Ken Jones

My experience with SQL*Net is that it is a real dog when the darn thing is working.

We have two databases on one machine (an Amdahl) which is partitioned to run UTS operating system (UNIX) and MVS operating system. The failure rate for SQL*Net when going from UTS to MVS has been far to great, it fails at least twice per month (far to great for a large corperation).

Also, performance is a factor. SQL*Net's transfer rate is about 512k.

Check out other possible solutions FIRST (ie: TCP/IP).

Good Luck

Michael Mittman
QRA Software Metrics - Software Tools Development Received on Fri Jan 08 1993 - 23:55:15 CET