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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows
Enough monkeys, enough typewriters and enough time can get you Shakespeare.
Enough developers, enough resources and enough time should eventually get software that works. BTW, I use Win2K here for my desktop box. It runs fairly well (and surprisingly even runs faster than NT)...the Oracle db I have running on it runs nicely. I can usually leave my system up and running for a couple of months before encountering any oddities/lock-ups. There are still some things that are quirky/annoying about it, but it runs so I can't complain too much. I mean, they eventually had to correct some of their past mistakes and get something that works decently, but still a system is really only as good as the people that maintain it (and some people are just better at it than others). Well, as soon as I get VMWare tested at home and it delivers like it says, then I'll be able to run Win2K under a window in Linux (and then I can have the best of both worlds). :)
Jeffery Stevenson
Chief Databeast Tamer
Medical Present Value, Inc.
Austin, TX
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 7:46 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Ep,
I have 8i running concurrently on a Win2k system with SS7, and have to say that it still runs like a dream. Like I mentioned earlier Oracle is still my favourite databeast, but there are a few things that still cough and splutter - like OEM for example. The Java side of things can be a little painful, but as I understand it is mostly on all platforms, as Oracle still haven't got it just right - though 9i again is "supposed" to be a great improvement on how the JVM is managed.
Win2K has better service management - unless I didn't notice under NT - where if a service fails, you can first try and restart the service, if that fails, you can run a file - whatever it may be - and if THAT fails you can reboot the machine automatically, and cross your fingers that the service starts properly with spewing nasty error messages at you.
I have been using Win2k for around 4 months now and have NEVER seen a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death), I reboot quite often - granted - but that is only because LookOut keep trying to dial my mail server, gets it knickers in a twist, hangs, gives me a mail delivery error, trys again, then comes back telling me the phone entry it already being dialed!! So because I can't live without my Lyris "Family" I have to reboot the bloody thing. I have only once had to reboot when installing new software, and that was because the dongle wasn't recognized properly.
All in all Win2K is far and above NT 4 in my view. File management is handled a lot better, you can have online network drives, even if the network machine is down.. IIS is OK but I can't see a business need for it though..
Oh, and they have even added the lovely little desktops themes available with Windows 98, but not NT.. Now, I have to say, this little feature is the one that sold it for me :)
Give it a try Eric, if you are used to NT, you may be pleasantly suprised..
Regards
Mark
P.S Win2K was Built on NT Technology according to the new splash screen.. It can only improve right? Right? Micrslop? hardy har har har...
-----Original Message-----
Pierce
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 07:06
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Ross & Mark,
There are no major performance concerns here (and we get
Oracle "free" {system wide educational site license} -
unlike MS/SQL), so what I want to know is: does Oracle8
generally work well on Windows 2000 server (compared to
running it on NT4)? We will be running on this hardware:
IBM Netfinity5100 w/ RAID (dedicated Oracle server, w/
web server on same box, if possible).
My assumption is that Win2k/Oracle8 is "ok". Are there any horror stories out there about running Oracle8 on Win2K where running on NT4 would have been better?
thanks!
ep
On 5 Feb 2001, at 9:25, Mark Leith wrote:
Date sent: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 09:25:25 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L<ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> RE: Async I/O on WindowsWOOOOHOOOOOOO a SQLServer vs. Oracle debate
again!!
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