My religion is OpenVMS but still I would recommend Tru64 on Alpha for
performance and support, and you have in-house un*x knowledge.
If you want to be cheap and pay for it later, have Win2k or Linux. But then
don't plan for 24/24/365 availability.
--
Syltrem
http://pages.infinit.net/syltrem
"Liz Reen" <lizr_at_geologist.com> a écrit dans le message news:
MPG.152141da9da104669896d0_at_news.supernews.com...
> I agree with the nameless author. I have worked with NT, tru64 and Hpux.
> Oracle plays better on Tru64. NT works well but you did mention batch
> jobs. I never found a good way to do batch on NT.
>
> Liz
>
> In article <3AB7BE68.89666C65_at_graduate.hku.hk>, taklam_at_graduate.hku.hk
> says...
> > hi,
> >
> > i am little bit disagree..
> > if you are going for a large database and looking for performance..
> > alpha (tru64) should be your choice..
> > they are the fastest platform/O.S. as i saw from many articles...
> >
> > also..
> > from oracle website.. seems tru64 is the best alliance O.S.
> >
> > linux.. well.. if you go for production.. think before move..
> >
> > :>
> >
> > "Daniel A. Morgan" wrote:
> >
> > > > Sorry to come at you with the same old "Best OS" question. I'll try
to be as
> > > > specific as I can in the requirements as I know that it makes all
the
> > > > differnce...
> > > >
> > > > The OS's under condsideration are: HP-UX, Tru64, Win2k and Linux.
> > > >
> > > > Our IT group has technical competency in both Unix and NT 4.0 admin.
Although
> > > > I, the defacto DBA, don't have much too much system admin
background. I will
> > > > either have to learn Unix admin or leave the admin to our NT pro's
(they
> > > > don't like me playing with their servers too much).
> > > >
> > > > The target database will likely be small 60-100 MB of data and have
very few
> > > > real users. It'll mostly be used for batch processing and
reporting.
> > > >
> > > > Hopefully, this gives you an idea of what I'm looking at. Any
advice would be
> > > > much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Much as it pains me to say this I would say Win2K because you already
have the
> > > expertise in-house and it will keep the "Microsoft-is-a-religion"
types from going
> > > crazy. From the list above the best choice if you had a requirement
for a larger
> > > database or hundreds of users would be HP/UX. And were I in your shoes
I would go
> > > Linux because it is substantially better than Win2K from my
experience.
> > >
> > > Just make sure you extract a pound of flesh on this one. Such as
making them come
> > > in on weekends and holidays when the O/S requires a reboot.
> > >
> > > Daniel A. Morgan
> >
> >
Received on Tue Mar 20 2001 - 12:24:50 CST
