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

He! I just said we are running NT and it works, mostly.

I never claimed I liked it. I would much prefer being on Solaris.

Jared

On Sunday 26 May 2002 09:23, Hemant K Chitale wrote:
> Aah ! You _are_ looking at moving out of NT.
> Why I don't think it is an enterprise class platform
>
> 1. Much poorer memory management [2GB, memory leaks etc]
> than Unix.
> 2. Cannot scale beyond 4 CPUs.
> I AM surprised that you run a 450 users SAP
> application on 4CPU, 2GB on NT. Try that with
> Oracle Applications !
> 3. Any patch (e.g. the security patches that come out
> from Microsoft) requires a reboot of the server. I can
> understand OS patches requiring a Unix reboot but a
> patch to MSIE/Outlook/IIS on the same NT-box as the
> database requiring a reboot of the server ? Unacceptable.
> 4. I don't know how good Online Backups are on NT.
>
> Hemant K Chitale
> http://hkchital.tripod.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Sent: Saturday, 25 May, 2002 4:33 AM
>
> > 1) Not pulling any legs. That's what we run.
> >
> > 2) We have a few reasons to switch to another platform.
> > I'm lobbying for Solaris with Veritas Database Edition. Many
> > good reasons for doing so, but I'm beginning to have my
> > doubts about financing it.
> >
> > One of our current projects is to put in place an enterprise
> > class backup and recovery system. The current one is lacking
> > in several respects.
> >
> > One of damagement's questions: "What happens if we do nothing?"
> >
> > Another was "What's the ROI?"
> >
> > PHB's abound.
> >
> > Jared
> >
> > On Friday 24 May 2002 08:03, Hemant K Chitale wrote:
> > > No way ! You're pulling a lot of legs
> > > [and hurting a lot of egos who take pride in
> > > pointing out that NT is _not_ an enterprise-class
> > > platform, me included].
> > >
> > > Hemant K Chitale
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, 24 May, 2002 8:00 AM
> > >
> > > > How about 250 Gig, 450 users on SAP 4.0B?
> > > >
> > > > 4 Cpu's 2 Gig Ram.
> > > >
> > > > Stop making me defend NT!!
> > > >
> > > > Jared
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Disser, Arno" <a.disser_at_sfs.nl>
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> > > > 05/23/2002 10:23 AM
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> > > > Subject: RE: so when did you switch from NT to unix
> > > > for
> > >
> > > oracle
> > >
> > > > Here are my 0.02EUR
> > > >
> > > > Turn this reasoning around: Why would anyone use NT for a serious
>
> Oracle
>
> > > > DB-server?
> > > > Okay, for some minor development perhaps, but for an production
> > > > environment?
> > > >
> > > > b.t.w., ever considered a switch to VMS?
> > > >
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