Re: Oracle on NT issues

From: Adrian P Challinor <Adrian.Challinor_at_osiris.co.uk>
Date: 1997/10/23
Message-ID: <344ef0a9.121602184@nntp.netcomuk.co.uk>#1/1

On 22 Oct 1997 21:41:57 GMT, "Mario" <mario.simic_at_in2.tel.hr> wrote:

>My opinion is that NT's only advantage is
>its simplicity ( compared with UNIX ).
>For any serious use I would prefer UNIX.
>It is faster and more stable. Both variants
>were tested at ORACLE Croatia on the
>same hardware. Guys there told me that
>UNIX was faster 70% - 200%.
>

Well, I wouldn't believe everything I read or was told, especially when you start with such large numbers. The real answer is "it all depends".

It depends on your hardware (as in - lets compare like with like); it depends on what software you have (have you loaded a decent system management tool, backup tool etc on top of the native, raw, Unix?); and how much yuu spend.

And it depends what you want: lets say I have a requirement for a highly available server. Transactions are low, but the up time must be very high. I have a number of options:

Non-stop UNIX. Thats Tandem or the like. Very very expensive.
I could use an HA UNIX, say Solaris. But for these type of systems I have to go to Enterprise solutions and an external disk array (so say SUN, I asked them this week). Total cost estimate (from SUN) is £100K (thats UK sterling).
I could use NT-Enterprise, two NT systems, and an external disk array. List price £25K (List price from TANDEM PC division, again UK Sterling).

Common, guys. We've all faced more difficult decisions than this in our work!

So - the answer is - it depends. There is no universal right answer.

However, if I want raw, unadulterated performance, then I agree UNIX will beat NT (at present.....!)

Adrian Challinor Tel: 0181-852-1605 Osiris Consultants Ltd Mobile: 0860-290-883 The Database Archival Specialists
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web: http://www.osiris.co.uk Received on Thu Oct 23 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT