From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of Curtis Gallant
Sent: Thu 10/05/06 1:48 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Advantages/Disadvantages between platforms running Remedy
Hey Guillaume,
I agree, in my oppinion Unix is a much
better platform for production
systems but your argument belows is not
completely accurate in all
situations, yes Solaris 10 X86 can run on a
multitude of cheap
hardware/laptops but in relation to AR System itself, it
has not been
ported to Solaris X86 and from my conversations with BMC will
not
anytime soon unless more people start requesting and sending in
business
cases as I did. AR System will only run on the Sparc version
of Solaris
running on native Sparc hardware which locks us into expensive
(but very
robust) hardware.
The day I can have Solaris X86 on my
laptop with a full AR System
running would be a good day
;)
Cheers,
--------
Curtis Gallant
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From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Guillaume Rheault
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 1:31 PM
To:
[email protected]
Subject: Re: Advantages/Disadvantages between platforms
running Remedy
Hey Axton,
At least for Solaris, you can run it
almost anywhere, even laptops. So
the argument that UNIX only runs on
expensive hardware does not apply to
Solaris at all.
I have seen myself
Solaris 10 running on laptops, how about that?
BTW, here is the hardware
compatibility list (HCL) for Solaris 10:
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/sol/
Here
is the compatibility list for Solaris 10 on laptops, as incredible
as it
sounds:
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/sol/systems/views/all_laptops_all_r
esults.page1.html
Guillaume
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From:
Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of
Axton
Grams
Sent: Wed 10/04/06 6:18 PM
To:
[email protected]
Subject: Re: Advantages/Disadvantages between platforms
running Remedy
MSSQL Advantages:
- Case insensitive
MS
OS Disadvantages:
- When things break a reboot is in order, when things
really break a
rebuild is in order
- c api development typically requires
purchasing an MS compiler and
learning an MS tool
- Open software
sometimes has trouble working properly/reliably and is
subject to breaking
with MS updates
UNIX Advantages:
- people proficient in unix/linux can
actually investigate and resolve
issues
- Open software usually
works
UNIX Disadvantages:
- expensive hardware
Linux/MS
Advantages:
- cheap hardware
Some questions to ask that I can't
answer:
- Is clustering more robust in unix/linux environment?
Apart
from a technological standpoint, there are other things to
consider:
-
what skills are at your disposal in your organization?
- what skills do your
remedy people have?
Axton Grams
Scott Neeb wrote:
> We have
an initiative at my work entitled "Why Not Microsoft?". We're
>
supposed to ask ourselves at critical application milestones if we
>
should contemplate moving Remedy to the Windows platform. We
>
currently reside on UNIX with an Oracle database, so Remedy is always
>
being evaluated as a candidate for the move. They asked me today
if
> there are any advantages/disadvantages between running Remedy
on
> UNIX/Oracle as compared to Windows/SQL Server. I haven't seen
any
> documentation or user comments anywhere on the internet, so I
was
> wondering if any of you have any prior experience with this type
of
> move, and if you've seen any advantages or disadvantages to this
type
> of move as it relates to the ARSystem. Thanks in
advance.
>
>
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