Re: NT vs Unix

On Mon, 04 Jan 1999 11:56:09 -0800, Dan Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote:

>> >>I need some documentation on comparison of Oracle on NT and Unix. There
>> >>are many articles about NT or Unix but they are not comparison. Do you
>> >>know where can I get this information?
>
>I can not tell you where to get a written comparison except to suggest a phone
>call to Oracle. What I can tell you, from my experience as a DBA on both
>systems, is that I wouldn't put a text file on NT if I had the option of
>putting it on a decently administered Unix box.
>
>NT is less secure
>NT is less stable
>NT is not Y2K compliant
>NT is not as scalable
>NT is slower
>NT has nothing to compare with shell scripting
>NT's upgrade path in a few years will be a nightmare.
>
>Daniel A. Morgan
>

AMEN. Although the problem with running Oracle on UNIX is that all the neat development tools (except for Developer2k) all run on 95/NT but the server is stable on a UNIX box. SO we run the Server on Solaris and the clients off NT4. Now that's fun!

Ryan
Ryan R.

[Remove the <NO SPAM> from my email address to reply] Received on Mon Jan 04 1999 - 20:09:52 CST