Re: PC Based CASE Designer

Ray Bradbury (rayb_at_deakin.OZ.AU) wrote:
: We are currently in the process of setting up hardware for a project
: which will initially employ heavy use of the Oracle CASE Designer/
: Dictionary Software. Our database server will be a Sun/Solaris box,
: with some of out workstations planned to be PC's running Client->Server
: to the Unix server.
 

: Is there anybody out there who is currently running in this sort of
: PC/Unix environment and using the CASE tools that could help us out
: with the answers to a few questions:
 

: o Is running CASE in this sort of environment feasible in terms of
: performance, or are we better to stay with the Sun Workstation
: Solaris/Motif environment??
 

: o What speed/memory PC would be required to support CASE Designer,
: which pushes our existing Sun Workstations pretty hard (admittedly
: they are only 16MB equipped ELC Sparcs)??

We are using Oracle V 7.0.15 and CASE TOOLS V 5.1 for MS windows.

We are running a slightly different model. In place of the the Sun/Solaris box, we are using an HP9000/837. This should not be different as far as you are concerned.

All seems to be fine. The only draw back is the entity diagramer is only available for the HP. I have not seen a graphical entity modeler(sp?) for the PC. For this you will need to buy a X windows package for the PC to be able to get to the hp or sun to run the casedes.

The Case tools for the PC are good. We are using a HP 486/66 with 16MB of RAM and 450MB HD. The more RAM the better I recommend a graphics card either inegrated or something like the stealth with 1MB. Also recommend a 17" monitor. Not a requirement but help if you are planning on doing a lot of development. I would not buy anything less than a 486/50.

There are some quirks to the windows tool set. Then I come from a pc/win background. The way some of the screens operate on the analysis and design modules could be better. IMHO, These are quirks. They're probably fine to the person who's been using ORACLE for some time. I've heard they've fixed/enhanced some of the features in the next release.

--hemant

PS. Make sure you have a good network model for the PC's. If you have

    specific questions, plese email. Received on Tue Aug 30 1994 - 00:59:39 CEST