We do an install on the workstation but the installation has been packaged
and is pushed I believe with SMS or at least it used to be done that way.
>From: "Jeffrey Beckstrom" <JBECKSTROM_at_gcrta.org>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re: oracle client on PC's
>Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 12:14:28 -0800
>
>The application is a third-party application using Merant's ODBC driver.
>
>How do people normally install the client. Do you do an install to every
>workstation???
>
>
> >>> jcave_at_cableone.net 1/6/04 2:54:34 PM >>>
>
>At 11:39 AM 1/6/2004, Jeffrey Beckstrom wrote:
> >Rather than installing the Oracle client on every client PC, we have
>been:
> >- installing client on 1 PC
> >- copying directory to a network server
> >- extract the registry for "oracle" key
> >- fix registry that was extracted to reference the network drive
> >- load registry on client PCs
> >- add the network pc as a search drive to the client pc.
> >
> >We are now experiencing problems over the WAN and looking at ways to
> >eliminate the Oracle dll overhead. Short of installing Oracle on every
> >client PC, what are our options?
>
>There is a reason that Oracle doesn't support configurations like
>this. There is a fair amount of "chatter" between an application and the
>Oracle client DLL's. When this chatter starts flying over the network
>rather than merely going to a local DLL, you start to get performance
>problems.
>
>How are your application(s) designed? It's probably possible to tweak an
>OCI application to make fewer OCI calls. If you're using ODBC, and have
>the budget, you could purchase one of the wire-protocol ODBC drivers.
>
>Justin Cave
>Distributed Database Consulting
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