Re: Oracle on Linux vs NT

Dave Zuzga <dzuzga_at_isdinc.com> wrote:

]Does anyone have any recommendations on which OS to use for an Oracle DB
]running on an Intel 4 Processor Xeon machine? It has 1GB RAM, a DPT
]RAID Controller, and 95 GB of disks.
]
]I'd like to hear the pros/cons of using Linux vs NT for an Oracle
]server.

The most important thing is to put the data on something you can support. OK, NT has shorter uptimes, but if you don't have lots of backup (more than two people) Linux support, you could easily get long Linux downtimes. Go with whatever you can support.

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