Re: Novell/Oracle alliance

rsulliva_at_.oracle.com (Richard Sullivan) writes:

>In article <741201033snz_at_hoxton.demon.co.uk> paul_at_hoxton.demo.co.uk writes:
>>In article <741114259snx_at_ubla.hamm.sub.org> udo_at_ubla.hamm.sub.org writes:
>>>In article <C972DG.4D2_at_mach1.wlu.ca> pberger_at_mach1.wlu.ca writes:
>>> > Have any of you Oracle gurus heard any information about the recent Oracle
>>> > Novell alliance?
>>> it's not a Novell /Orakle-only alliance. Novell is free to do the same
>>> with other RDBMS vendors.
>>
>>I can't see what all the fuss is about. It's all marketing hype - I used
>>Oracle 6 running as an NLM early last year. This is just Oracle 7 NLM.
>>[NLM = Netware Loadable Module]
>>
>>What use is an ``alliance'' under which neither party has special rights
>>or obligations?
 

>As an Oracle employee, even I could see the benefits of this type of alliance,
>even though I don't have all of the info as of yet. In the field, when doing
>a client-server setup, if I had a problem I had potentially 2 calls to make -
>the alliance will have a SPOC (single point of contact), hopefully being able
>to avoid the inevitable finger-point that can occur. I think It will work out
>well....

 I think the two products (Oracle 7 and Netware 3.xx/4.0) will also be bundled. Will there be a cost savings? I think at least a small one. Also, installation of the two products will be integrated. Not that the current Oracle NLM is that difficult to install now. I'm assuming you'll have options in the Netware install for setting up an Oracle volume and perhaps some additional options for spreading tablespaces out over separate disks for performance reasons. All of this can be done now, it just takes a bit of digging through two sets of manuals to do.

Another big benefit will be if Oracle can use Novell's directory service in Netware 4.0. This way, you might be able to move your Novell users around the network and have their Oracle accounts, with associated security, move around with them.
Again, this can be done now but the process can be made smoother.

Rich Holowczak
Rutgers University
holowcza_at_andromeda.rutgers.edu Received on Mon Jun 28 1993 - 16:30:47 CEST