Re: so when did you switch from NT to unix for oracle

Steven, not quite, I dont run NT anywhere, exclusively linux both on laptop and at home.

(feel free to see the headers in this email).

I'm asking for my partner who(unfortunately) is dealing with NT, my answer to him is "convert to unix"

:)

joe

Karniotis, Stephen wrote:

> Hey Joe:
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> I generally switch from NT to Unix when availability becomes a
> central issue. When you can look at the performance monitor in NT and
> see that the box is not scaling properly is another cautionary flag.
> Additionally, people switch when they get frustrated with the
> installation and update processes for software upgrades.
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> I have, as you do, Oracle on my NT laptop and think that Oracle
> could do a MUCH BETTER JOB implementing the software. Given that cost
> is no longer an issue with platform-specific pricing gone, I guess it
> is a subjective decision when to switch.
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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* JOE TESTA [mailto:JTESTA_at_longaberger.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:48 AM
> *To:* Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> *Subject:* so when did you switch from NT to unix for oracle
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> A question has been posed to me, when to switch from NT to unix for
> oracle.
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> Is it when the NT box starts getting out of memory issues, number of
> transactions, size of db?
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> just looking for some ball park answers.
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> thanks, joe
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