Re: Which is the better System for Oracle 8.1.7, NT or 2000

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 13:29:21 +0100
Message-ID: <3bc19c29$0$8513$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net>

"Luther Barnum" <nospam_lbarnum_at_roadrunner.rr.com> wrote in message news:dKfw7.314174$8c3.56906187_at_typhoon.tampabay.rr.com...
> I second that emotion, NT/W2k have been the worst platforms in our shop.
If
> you can get your hands on any Unix platform, you will be a lot happier.
> Backups are much faster and the database is more stable. If your system
> crashes, will have a much greater chance of getting the system back to
it's
> original state.

If and only if you have a capable Unix Sysadmin/DBA in house. Your choice of Oracle platform should first be dictated by the skills and experience available to you. In fact your choice of database platform should probably also be dictated by the same factors. In fact I'd suggest that there is a good chance that your comments about backups and stability are directly related to the skill mix in your shop (assuming you are testing on the same hardware).

If your experience is only win2k/NT then go with 8.1.7 and win2k.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK

Received on Mon Oct 08 2001 - 07:29:21 CDT