Re: Oracle on unix or NT

I had a project migrating an OTL (online transaction system) application from os2 TO WINDOWS nt4.0
at ricoh espc in amsterdam holland. NT40 clogged up when about 30 people where
accessing the database concurrently. (adding an extra processor, raid10 controller,
and 256meg (yes!) of memory to the machine didn't help at all. Not even a slight
improvement. (I learned the hard way that NT40 isn't scalable.) After close examination it seems that NT40 stops when to many processes (28 to be exactly) are waiting for blocking IO. The kernel doesn't get any processor time at all,
(flat-line on the task manager monitor)!!

/Jacob

khan_at_informatik.fh-hamburg.de schreef in artikel <367917AA.12D5D793_at_informatik.fh-hamburg.de>...
> Billy Verreynne wrote:
>
> > Ed Lufker wrote in message <756t4f$dl1$1_at_sloth.swcp.com>...
> > >
> > > I am trying not to put my Oracle db on an NT platform, it is
> > >currently on a solaris platform. Could you help and give the reasons
why I
> > >shouldn't move the database over to an NT platform. Big picture stuff
> > >would be great. I only know unix, so I dont have clue what Oracle acts
> > >like on an NT box.
> >
> > You decided not to put your Oracle DB on NT, because you only know Unix
and
> > have no idea how Oracle "acts" on NT. Then you asked for people to give
you
> > technical reasons to support your "decision"?
> >
> > Excuse me, but why on earth should I (or anyone else) do that? If you
have
> > already made up you mind - a decision you freely admit is based on
> > ignorance - what good will that do discuss the pros and cons of NT vs
Unix
> > with regards to Oracle?
> >
> > I have no problems with lead piping (bashing) software, as long it is
based
> > on REAL EXPERIENCE, FACT and TECHNICAL/BUSINESS ISUES. But this concept
that
> > NT always sucks compared to Unix irrespective of the business and
technical
> > requirements, only shows prejudice and a TOTAL LACK of IS skills.
>
> I think, this is a good way he/she did it. If you are familiar, for
example, to
> fly a Boeing 737, would you then, if you have to fly suddently a bigger
one,
> take an airbus ?? You would take the boeing 747, i guess. No, nobody,
who has
> a healthy mind wouldn't stay with the system he/she is familiar with and
expert
> in, rather to be a novice with a bif DB and a really ugly OS.
>
> So, the decision Mr. Verreynne made is really realistic and
sophisticated, even
> *or even because* he is not knowing anything about NT.
>
> And besides that, everybody knows that Unix is much more better scalable
and
> easier to manage, so he made as well the right decission. Someone can
look from
> every point of view, Mr. Verreynne made the right decission.
>
> Oracle plans to take the whole OS away, so there is only a kernel of an
OS.
> Then there is no need to discuss an OS at all.
>
> :-))
>
>
>
> >
> > As always. IMHO.
> >
> > regards,
> > Billy
>
> --
> R.Khan
> khan_at_informatik.fh-hamburg.de
> Hamburg, Germany
>
>
>
>
Received on Sat Dec 19 1998 - 15:21:55 CST