Re: Oracle vs DB2 on heavy OLTP loads

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 18:00:42 -0700
Message-ID: <1116377806.287167@yasure>

dbguy456_at_yahoo.com wrote:

>>My preference would be to drop Windows as a platform for any serious

>
> database work
> We would prefer to select database first, and platform for it second
> (for DB2 Power5/AIX is a natural choice, for Oracle it is not that
> obvious, as Sparc CPUs cannot really compete with either Power5/Itanium
> now).

There is little question that the best CPU on the market for 64bit Oracle is the P5. That leaves you a choice of two vendors.

And I would disagree with your characteriztion about Oracle and AIX. It is a very powerful combination: And has been since 5L.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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