Re: Oracle Installation Experiences

In article <35m478$9v3_at_zebedee.ingres.co.uk>, <johan_at_dombo> writes:
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> From: johan_at_dombo (Johan Montald)
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> Subject: Re: Oracle Installation Experiences
> Date: 20 Sep 1994 07:50:00 GMT
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> mitchj_at_VNET.IBM.COM wrote:
> : The installation of the Oracle7 server was tedious and a labor
> : intensive process. A significant amount of time was expended on
> : preparation and system setup. For example, the product's entire
> : directory structure had to be manually created and primed.

As a systems engineer with Oracle that has installed on several different platforms, I will not deny that on some platforms there are installation problems. These arise from the fact that it is difficult to keep installation programs that are consistent across all platforms. The Oracle install group has been aware of the problem for some time, and has asked internal and external customers for opinions about how to improve these procedures. In my latest installations on mostly Unix platforms I have been pleased with the improvements.

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> This is not the first time I hear these sort of horror stories and
> gives me an understanding why customers are standing with their mouth
> open when Ingres can install a production system in the time of
> reading the tape. This is all straight from the box.
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> Regards,
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> Johan Montald
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As for Ingres, it may be true that they can install a production system in the time it takes to read a tape, the only problem is the rest of the product. For horror stories about loading real data into Ingres and general database performance, read the PC Magazine article of September last year on how Ingres took 50 times longer to load data than Oracle. This months PC Magazine did not even enter Ingres in the contest because they really had no product that was new...

Oracle may not be pretty to install, but once you get past that, IT KICKS ASS!

Oracle: PC Magazine Editors Choice for the second year in a row. Ingres: No Show (dead?)...

David Huet Received on Wed Sep 28 1994 - 22:48:54 CET