Re: Best OS for the following...

mmoore96_at_my-deja.com wrote:

> In article <3AB6EB8E.982EA309_at_exesolutions.com>, Daniel A. Morgan
> <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> writes:
> >> 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
> >
>
> Thanks. One more question/point of concern: This needs to be a 24x7x365
> database. It may be a small DB, but it is rather vital. Don't know if that
> makes a differnce in the recomendation.

Then discard my recommendation of anything based on a Microsoft platform. Go with the Alpha, go with HP/UX, or go with Sun-Solaris.

Little changes in requirements can produce very different answers.

Daniel A. Morgan Received on Wed Mar 21 2001 - 00:15:40 CST