*nix vs MS

Everyone,

We have a fairly large, truly mission critical database (Oracle 9.2.0.6) at a remote site that is currently running on Microsoft. In the past, others have tried to convince mgmt that the system would be more reliable on a unix os, but no one has ever been successful in obtaining a project to make the change.

To my way of thinking, the strongest case for moving this database to unix is the track record of this application; it has had far more than it's share of issues (bad backups, system crashes, corrupt blocks, hung processes, cpu spikes and so on) even though it already gets more care and feeding than other databases. (majority of our databases are *nix) This is one aspect of what will be presented.

That being said, for those of you who prefer unix, what are your best arguments for choosing unix for an Oracle database? What are the drawbacks? We'd like to make sure we uncover all the pros and cons.

Any input is appreciated,

Robyn

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Robyn Anderson Sands
email: Robyn.Sands_at_SciAtl.com
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http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Received on Thu Oct 06 2005 - 17:01:47 CDT