Re: Sybase and Oracle on the same box?

From: bob wuttke <robert.wuttke_at_midata.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 14:39:41 -0600
Message-ID: <36C1EE8D.E5A93F60@midata.com>

Yes its possible, but my experience tells me running 2 different database servers on the same box is disasterous. Since databases use shared memory, there is a high probability that a memory page from SYBASE can find its way into the address space of an ORACLE page (or vice versa). The result is a corrupted datafile in ORACLE.

I spent a few months (back in 1996) repairing periodic 'shotgun blasts' in my database (I had to edit the hex values of data block headers in my file system-based datafiles). We later discovered a job scheduling product using SYBASE in raw partitions was writing status messages in the middle of a data table in ORACLE. We had this product relocated and the problem went away.

I would have to strongly advise against it. Good Luck.

bobw

Sergei Galperin wrote:

> Hi
> Does anybody run Sybase and Oracle on the same box?
> Is it possible?
> I appreciate your answer.
>
> Sergei, Oracle/Sybase DBA
Received on Wed Feb 10 1999 - 14:39:41 CST