Re: Which Unix Server

peterr_at_syacus.acus.oz.au (Peter Russell) writes:

>ian_at_unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Ian A. MacGregor) writes:
 

>>I am in the process of preparing a request for a unix Oracle database server,
>>and have narrowed it down to two choices: an R/S 6000 550 or a comparable
>>(same price range) machine from Sun.
 

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>>What if any are the advantages and disadvantages of running Oracle on a RISC
>>platform particulary an R/S 6000 running aix? Which architecture would you
>>choose? Are they compelling reasons to choose something such as a Sequent,
>>a Pyramid, or other type of unix machine?
 

>Just to throw the cat in amongst the pidgeons. Look at the new Unisys 6000/65.
>(From the Convergent part of the company).
 

>Advantages:
 

>Multiple 486 architecture, so you know you can always add CPU if
>you need it.
>A real multiprocessor Unix V.4.
>The advantages of running an i386 complient box. Lots of third party stuff,
>debuggers, tools etc.
>All the networking support you'll need.
 

>Does this sound like an ad, sorry, but we like 'em.
 

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>Peter Russell
>peterr_at_syacus.acus.oz
>ACUS - The Australian Centre for Unisys Software
>+61 2 390 1383

And just for grins to make your life harder, we have just installed a decsystem 5800 risc machine as an oracle server.

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