Re: At what point do I convert from PC to UNIX for my server???

Richard Hollingsworth wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> Thanks for reading this.
>
> I know it's a vague question, but bear with me. I've been
> developing Oracle databases now for years on PCs and for the
> most part have had no problems in dealing with databases up to
> about 50G in size with just pain ole everyday PC hardware.
>
> Now, I have a design comming up that could top 1.5 to 2 TB in
> size. Using readily availabe PC hardware, can I reasonably
> expect a db this large to perform well as a web based app.?
> Or, should I HIGHLY recommend we go to a UNIX box?
>
> I'm forgoing the gory details, because those decisions have
> not been made yet. We can use 8i, 9i, whatever tool we want,
> and whatever platform we want.
>
> So, any ideas???
>
> Thanks,
> Richard Hollingsworth

More important than anything else is to go with a platform for which you(or your team) have a good skill base in. A $1,000,000 Unix box is as good as useless if no-one knows how to manage it.

I'm of course Unix-biased :-)

hth
connor

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