Re: Oracle costs and requirements

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:09:31 -0800
Message-ID: <1133050166.827238@yasure>

Frank van Bortel wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
>

>>Frank van Bortel wrote:
>>
>>
>>>DA Morgan wrote:
>>>
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>>>>Matt Bailey wrote:
>>>>

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> [snip]
>

>>>>>Well, ideally I'd like to make it as realistic an estimate as
>>>>>possible, so I'll do some further investigating, but failing that,
>>>>>this looks like a good option!
>>>>>
>>>>>Matt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I still question your professor's sanity unless you have 3 months or
>>>>more to do this. But have a whack at it and don't forget to purchase
>>>>a maintenance agreement on your hardware.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I could run it in service.
>>
>>
>>And if he contacted an ASP, such as bluegecko.net, they would provide
>>the hardware, the DBA, the SysAdmin, etc. for just a few thousand a
>>month making the entire process of researching the paper basically a
>>single email. But then, while fulfilling his professor's request with
>>precision ... would likely get a really bad grade.

>
>
> Realistically, I'd outsource it, or I'd run it on
> XE/Linux, or XE/Windows, depending on what
> the shop already has (Windows or Unix expertise).
>
> The shop is small, and the data demand is small.
> A server would be any Intel based machine (less than 500 Euro),
> preferably with some kind of storage box (RAID/JBOD) attached,
> cost: approx 1500 Euro (RAID0/1/5; 4*450MB drives)
>
> As this is a new design/application, I'd make it web enabled.
> JDeveloper, and HTMLDB come to mind; JDeveloper if you insist
> on J2EE/JSF/ADF (which really boosts your development performance!),
> but probably requires an extra machine as web- and applicationserver.
> If you keep the amount of hits small (1 million hits/month or less);
> HTMLDB will do. Adding two tables and three screens will be a matter
> of days; two, three at the most. HTMLDB is really easy, but delivers
> pure HTML - maybe not sexy enough for a chain of Fitness centres.

Lets get him a quote. You quote on the development and I'll quote on the hosting. ;-)

Think he'll pay in Chimay?

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Sat Nov 26 2005 - 18:09:31 CST