Re: Win NT Versus Unix

I believe the biggest factor will be the CPU load. Most NT machines are limited to 4 processors in real life (I've heard that NT "supports" more, but have never heard of or seen one with more than 4). UNIX SMP scales very well as your cpu load increases. If you need 4 processors NOW, and will likely need 8 in the future, UNIX SMP is a good bet. (Door #2).

In article <4vfol5$4tf$1_at_mhafc.production.compuserve.com>, 104073.512_at_CompuServe.COM says...
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>Your opinions please:
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>Given that the platform will be a Alpha 2100 or 4100 platform, the
>budget is not the issue (expecting 200-300K to be spent).
>Moving off of a creaky Novell 3.12/7.1.4 platform with a 12GB
>database, what would you do?
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>Door #1: Windows NT 3.5x or 4.x (in the future) running Oracle.
>Door #2: Unix (whatever flavor Digital sells) and Oracle
>Door #3: SCO Unix on Intel (hell of lot cheaper) and Oracle
>Door #4: Oracle for Novell on Netware 4.1 with SMP with Pentium
> Pro processors (at least 4).
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>Your opinions and rational please! Thanks for any insight you
>can provide.
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>Bob Morningstar
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>--
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Received on Thu Aug 22 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST