Re: hp vs sun for oracle

Rubin Farr wrote:

>Hello all. My company has decided to go with the comprehensive suite of
>oracle apps and we now need to choose a hardware platform. We are
>considering all options. From what I have researched thus far, however, we
>are laning toward hp-ux. Sun is also another strong contender.
>
>I was wondering what everyone else is running on production as far as a unix
>flavor (wintel is out for us.)
>
>I would definitely appreciate any links or reviews that you might know of
>that could show objective reasons for choosing one platform over another,
>and definitely welcome opinions from those who have experience across
>several unix platforms.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>

If it is my money I'd use Linux.

If it is my employers money and they didn't want Linux I'd suggest focusing on HP (HP/UX) and
IBM (AIX 5L). I have the same reservations Jim has expressed. Sun seems to be losing focus on
what it is they are selling and what their customer's expect.

IBM will try to gently push you toward DB2 or Informix; that's their job, but if you are focused on
Oracle and let them know you aren't interested, they sell a very decent piece of hardware with,
what I think are, the best CPUs in performance/dollars.

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