Re: Oracle on a PC network?

groenvel_at_jovial.cse.psu.edu (John D Groenveld) writes:

>In article <sgeiser.10.00AEF154_at_omni.voicenet.com> sgeiser_at_omni.voicenet.com (Steve Geiser) writes:
>>In article <3mj7dt$ovr_at_elmwood.elmwood.com> btreuman_at_elmwood.com (Bob Treumann) writes:
>>> I am considering installing a PC network running oracle on a server,
>>> and several workstations running an Oracle forms product.
>>> I understand my choices are:
>>> Server: Novell
>>> Windows NT
>>> SCO-Unix
 

>Oracle Workgroup Server runs on...
>NT, Netware, SCO, Solaris x86, UnixWare (OS/2 and PowerMac sometime this year)

According to the latest documentation from Oracle on their WorkGroup Server: This runs on Novell Netware, Microsoft WindowsNT, and IBM's OS/2 operating systems.

Their standard Oracle v7 RDBMS runs on more than 80 distinct platforms including 40+ versions of UNIX, VMS, MVS, VM, HP, MPE/XL, Siemens, ICL, OS/2, Macintosh, and Novell Netware.

There is also the OracleWare-NetWare Edition RDBMS and of course, the OracleWare-UnixWare Edition RDBMS, for both of the Novell systems.

>>> What is the best server for this configuration? Is windows NT
>>> stable as an Oracle Server? Where does Workgroup 2000 fit into this?
>>> Is it safe to use a single server when the database application is
>>> mission critical?
 

>Doubt you'll find many firsthand stories for a product that was only released
>in January. Oracle has made a definite commitment to supporting workgroups
>and small departments with a product that is cheaper than Oracle 7 Server,
>yet still contains the powerful Oracle 7 engine.
 

>>Your (only real) choice is Windows NT. Its not cheap but it is good (at least
Also add to that BOTH NetWare and OS/2, which have both been around for longer than WindowsNT and which Oracle has supported longer than NT. OS/2 is much cheaper than NT and, I believe, so is Novell. Both of these have much easier (read: cheaper) hardware costs.

>>>>>> Some cutting done here for brevity <<<<<<<
 

>>Oracle is not the sort of thing that you can casually walk into. There is a
>>reason that good a DBA goes for a good price.
 

>Agreed!

I second (third?) that!

Mike

>John
>groenvel_at_cse.psu.edu

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