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Subject: Re: Intel NT or Alpha OpenVMS ?
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"Juan Carlos Rodríguez" wrote:
> 
> Hi !,
> 
> We have an Oracle Database on an Alpha with OpenVMS o.s. and currently there
> are 100 concurrent users accessing the database.
> This year we are increasing the number of users to 200-300 and we are
> planning to adquire new hardware to increase power to support this growth.
> We need a High Availability system, and we plan to use Oracle Standby.
> 
> Here's the dilemma: Intel WindowsNT or Alpha OpenVMS ?
> 
> Is reliable an Oracle system with 300 concurrent users on a WindowsNT o.s?
> 
> Thanks you very much.

Juan

The problem here is Windows NT. Its not reliable, and to get it to cope
with this load you'll have to do some fancy clustering and
loadbalancing.

Stick with VMS

martin