Re: How long will 8.1.7 survive?

tlam15_at_hotmail.com (tingl) wrote in message news:<f487699f.0209061102.6de43a07_at_posting.google.com>...
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> Often time upgrading software requires newer hardware. This is
> especially true for Oracle given its enormous size. It has to crank up
> that heavy duty Java machine every time even just for the installer to
> run.

This is not entirely correct. The installer uses any native JVM, it doesn't need the database one. You can perfectly install anything up to 8.1.7 without any Java within cooee of the database engine.

The other thing I found is that I can run 8.1.7 without the Java engine quite happy within 128Mb memory in NT. In fact, my home NTW4 box has a mere 64Mb and runs 8.1.7 without the slightest. Of course I can't run 1000 users in it, but then again I wouldn't even think of it!

> If you are happy with 7.3.4, stay with it. It's just as good as
> or better than many other brands of current release databases.
> Save some for company pinics. %)

7.3.4 might indeed be as good as a lot of others. But compared with 8.1.7 it's a no contest. It's so much easier to administer, maintain and tune databases with 8.1.7 it's not even fun. Do yourself a favour and look into it for everything ASAP. I'm not sure about the picnic savings, but I'll take a picnic over tuning 7.3.4 anytime... ;)

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au Received on Thu Sep 12 2002 - 22:08:16 CDT