Re: Need info on Unix over NT for Oracle 8

In article <70nga9$ugh$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>,   kgrigg_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:
> Hello all, Well, it looks like we have a chance to try to convince the powers
> to be that we need to use a Unix platform for our Oracle 8 databases instead
> of NT. If you could point me to some documentation, stats, etc. I'd
> certainly appreciate it. If you have some personal experience and opinions
> between the two platforms, please send that to me too. I need to
compile
> this info to present our case. Our databases (2 boxes, 2 databases) will each
> hold at a minimum 50 gigs...I see this growing quickly too!
>
> Also, is there a preference on Unix boxes? (Sun, Digital...etc.) Is there a
> preference on what flavor of unix to use?
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
> Kelly
>
> kgrigg_at_diamonddata.com
>
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Hi Kelly,

this is a relatively frequent question popping up here, and a number of extensive replies have been made already.

Try searching dejanews using 'NT Unix Oracle' as your search criteria and you'll see what I mean. On the other hand, try convincing your people that Oracle under Linux might be the way to go, it's really gathering speed now.

Regards
--
Oliver Willandsen
European Commission
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All comments represent my own opinion and may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission

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