Re: Oracle on NT: DEC Alpha or Compaq Proliant???

misioror_at_GAS.UUG.Arizona.EDU (Ronald L Misiorowski) wrote:

>Anybody got any opinions/war stories on running Oracle Workgroup
>on a Proliant 1500 133MHz vs. Alpha 2000 275MHz under NTAS 3.51?
 

>Our database is expected to be about 3.5 GB, used 90% for queries,
>supporting 10-20 users.
 

>The quotes I'm getting show the Alpha about $7,500 more than the Proliant,
>with similar configurations. Is the price worth it? My feeling is that
>since my application will be I/O bound, I'd be better off spending the $$
>on more memory or faster disks. Any comments??
 

>TIA...
>

Last I heard, (admittedly some time ago) Oracle only supported NT on Intel platforms, not Alpha or MIPS. HAs this changed?

Jim Smith                      jim_at_jimsmith.demon.co.uk
Oracle DBA