"Matthias Hoys" <idmwarpzone_NOSPAM__at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Jining Han" <jining.han_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> We have moved some smaller 9i databases from HP Keystone to Windows
>> 2003 RAC and in general I don't like the experience. The biggest
>> problem I am having now is the limit of drive letters. Using driver
>> letter is bad enough, and having only 20 drive letters drive me crazy!
>>
>> So we are looking at spending money on some 3rd party file systems that
>> allow us to mount multiple volumes under one directory, just like in
>> Unix. You want to buget this in before making the decision.
>>
>> Then there are scripts. I made our NT admin install MS Unix service on
>> the boxes, and that's still a pain. I really hate the fact that I
>> can't do much scripting.
>>
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> You can do all the scripting you want with batch files and Visual Basic
> Scripting language.
Indeed. or java script, or perl. trying to do 'shell' scripting on windows
thinking it is an inferior Unix will get you nowhere fast.
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com
Received on Mon Feb 07 2005 - 15:47:30 CST
