Re: Virus attack prevention on Windows based Oracle Servers?

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 04:06:39 GMT, "Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-family_at_attbi.com> wrote:

>Make sure you don't have the virus checker check the Oracle data files.
>That will make performance go down the drain. Raw partitions have nothing
>to do with it.
>Jim
>"Reza" <reza_at_digital-dispatch.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:1016018643.18645.0.nnrp-12.d4f07ab4_at_news.demon.co.uk...
>> Hi Guys
>> We have started to deploy our Production databases on Microsoft NT and
>Win2k
>> platform. There is concerns about vunerability of these OS's to virus
>> attack.
>> I was wondering if anybody has any experience with this problem. What is
>the
>> best practice to prevent this.
>> Can a virus checker software be active on the Server without much
>affecting
>> its performance.
>> I have heard that RAW partitions might be an alternative, is it
>recommended?
>>
>> Many thanks for any advise.
>> Reza
>>
>>
>
>

The best way is to keep your oracle servers as isolated as possible i.e. Dont have it as your PDC, Web or Email Server. You could run a virus scan at night if you wanted and have it scheduled. Received on Thu Mar 14 2002 - 09:51:55 CST