Re: Fantasy Oracle Implementation

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"Karl Nordquist" <oracle_test_at_brightwood.com> wrote in <YKaN7.228$Zx3.123000_at_news.uswest.net>:

> Hi all,
>
> We are currently a shop running Netware 4.11 and Oracle v7.3.4.0.1 and
> are doomed on two points. Point 1 being that Oracle no longer supports
> v7.x and as of December 31, 2001, will no longer support Novell Netware
> as an OS. We cannot upgrade our current hardware to Netware 5.x, and
> Oracle v8.1.x is not certified for Netware.
>
> So, since about February of this year we have been testing. First
> testing our current hardware with other supported OSes. First was NT,
> then Win2k, tried and failed with Linux and Solaris for Intel (same
> problem as Netware, no drivers for our EISA disk controllers).
>
> Then we got a test box from Sun (a 420R w/Quad Sparc II 450 Mhz/4mb
> cache each cpu with 2gb memory, and a D1000 running Solaris for Sun)
> and ran the same test. It performed very well on all statements.
>
> Then we got a test box from HP (intel based LT 6000R, Tri Xeon PIII
> 900Mhz/2mb cache each cpu with 2.25gb memory, and 2 disk arrays for 5
> mount points running Win 2k) and it tested as well if not slightly
> better on most statements (except ones with heavy ordering and
> grouping).
>
> Now I am on the fence, so the question I pose is this, keeping in mind
> that all above mentioned testing of OSes were of the OS straight out of
> the box with no tuning. If you had the ability to do it all over again
> from the beginning, deciding on the best hardware/os combination, where
> would you be today?
>
> Please feel free to email me at oracle_test_at_brightwood.com or post to
> the group.
>
> Thanks
>
> Karl M. Nordquist
> Application Development Supervisor
> Bright Wood Corporation
> Madras, Oregon
>
>

If I were you, I'd use Sun Sparc hardware to run your Oracle database. You get more security and reliability. Unfortunately, this combo will cost you more...ofcourse, you get what you pay for.

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