Nosie,
If you use Oracle, use it on Unix. It doesn't mean that it doesn't run
on other mainframe operating systems, it has more to do with culture -
and speed with which bugs are fixed. Oracle was long developed on VMS,
now it is Unix; putting aside NT, for which market and the spur of SQL
Server are good incentives for maintaining a good product, the closer
you are to the 'native' environment the better.
Compaq Tru64 (much in favour with telecom companies) and AIX are
reliable, mainframe-like platforms. But top-of-the range Sun boxes (I
have seen same used in equity trading) or HP-UX platforms also are
arguable choices, as well as Sequent.
Now, technical qualities are one thing, a company's prospects another,
and try to get an assessment of the quality of local support.
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Regards,
Stephane Faroult
email: sfaroult_at_oriolecorp.com
Oriole Corporation
Voice: +44 (0) 7050-696-269
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> Dear All,
>
> My team is writing a proposal for our huge core system using Oracle
> database. We already consider IBM mainframe S/390 as an alternative and we
> are now looking for another alternative using UNIX env. Can anybody inform
> or recommend me the largest, most-powerful, stable unix machine where Oracle
> can run on?
>
> Thank you in advance.
Received on Fri Oct 13 2000 - 03:29:21 CDT
