Running client/server Oracle on MAC's/mirrored disks.

Greetings -

A dept. on my campus is running a client Oracle application on MAC's, with a VAX 6000-320 being the Oracle server. The size of the application and concurrent users would probably be described as lower average - it is an inventory system with possibly 10 concurrent users max., usually less.

They would like to obtain a server and hardware/software that would support disk mirroring, so that they could use the redundant disk on failure of one of the disks.

I am looking at a possible Apple solution for the server system, because my perception is that it would be far easier to manage than for instance, a Sun Unix box (they have no Unix or Oracle DBA expertise).

I've heard rumors that a new server system will be available from Apple within the next two months, but I am also looking at lesser MAC systems as a possibility.

Any comments regarding the Apple server or mirrored disk config. would be appreciated. Thanks ...

Mike

Mike McCurdy			Disclaimer:
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San Diego State University		"Everything I say may be wrong."