Re: Suggestion needed: 150 ppl, 8 users

On a database of the size described, I think you are overstating the support requirements just a tad. Once a database is setup and tuned, you should only have to look at it once a week if that.

Jerry Gitomer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If you are running a mission-critical application you should
> double your drive capacity and then mirror your disks. Based on
> my own experience with Oracle on NT, wiith only five active users
> the rest of your configuration should be adequate.
>
> Unless you require some of the options that are only
> available with enterprise edition stick with the standard
> edition. If I remember correctly Oracle standard edition
> encompasses all of the capabilities available with SQL Server --
> and then some.
>
> The real issue between SQL Server and Oracle with a 5 user
> application isn't wether or not SQL Server can handle the
> application. It comes down to how much confidence do you have in
> Microsoft product quality and support vs how much confidence you
> have in Oracle product quality and support.
>
> Your question about the degree of difficulty in installing
> Oracle leads me to suspect that you may be better off with Sql
> Server (I really didn't say that, did I?) Oracle is a more
> powerful and more flexible product, but in order to take
> advantage of the additional capability it is necessary to learn
> how to properly tune and administer Oracle and to spend the time
> doing so on a daily basis. If your organization is willing to
> commit a bright person with some practical experience for one to
> two hours per day to both learn and administer Oracle then you
> should go with SQL Server. If you are willing to make the
> commitment Oracle will serve you well.
>
> regards
> Jerry Gitomer
> --------------------------------
>
> songju ma wrote in message ...
> >Hi,
> >I am part of a development team for a company called Advanced
> Technical
> >Support (www.ats-ats.com). We are thinking of installing oracle
> DBMS for
> >managing our database. Our company is about 150 people and the
> user of the
> >database application will be around 5 people. We are thinking of
> buying
> >Oracle 8 Server running on top of an NT box. So can anybody
> suggest what
> >kind of hardware is suitable for this kind of system? Is Oracle
> 8 Standard
> >Edition good enough or we should go for Oracle 8 Enterprise
> Edition? For
> >this size of system, is SQL Server good enough to be used or it
> is
> >necessary to go for Oracle?
> >So far the configuration of the machine that we are looking at
> is:
> >Dell PowerEdge 2300 - 550 Mhz/512 KB Cache
> >RAM 512 MB
> >HDD 9 GB
> >NT Server 0 10 Clients
> >Tape 12/24GB DDS-3 Internal Tape Backup
> >
> >Another quesion, how hard is it to install Oracle? Should we buy
> oracle
> >from DELL so that it is pre-installed? Or should we buy oracle
> from Oracle
> >store?
> >
> >Any comments will be appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> >
> >Dev. Team
> >Advanced Technical Support
> >

Received on Sun Jul 11 1999 - 21:13:40 CDT