He! I just said we are running NT and it works, mostly.
I never claimed I liked it. I would much prefer being on Solaris. Jared On Sunday 26 May 2002 09:23, Hemant K Chitale wrote: > Aah ! You _are_ looking at moving out of NT. > Why I don't think it is an enterprise class platform > > 1. Much poorer memory management [2GB, memory leaks etc] > than Unix. > 2. Cannot scale beyond 4 CPUs. > I AM surprised that you run a 450 users SAP > application on 4CPU, 2GB on NT. Try that with > Oracle Applications ! > 3. Any patch (e.g. the security patches that come out > from Microsoft) requires a reboot of the server. I can > understand OS patches requiring a Unix reboot but a > patch to MSIE/Outlook/IIS on the same NT-box as the > database requiring a reboot of the server ? Unacceptable. > 4. I don't know how good Online Backups are on NT. > > Hemant K Chitale > http://hkchital.tripod.com > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, 25 May, 2002 4:33 AM > > > 1) Not pulling any legs. That's what we run. > > > > 2) We have a few reasons to switch to another platform. > > I'm lobbying for Solaris with Veritas Database Edition. Many > > good reasons for doing so, but I'm beginning to have my > > doubts about financing it. > > > > One of our current projects is to put in place an enterprise > > class backup and recovery system. The current one is lacking > > in several respects. > > > > One of damagement's questions: "What happens if we do nothing?" > > > > Another was "What's the ROI?" > > > > PHB's abound. > > > > Jared > > > > On Friday 24 May 2002 08:03, Hemant K Chitale wrote: > > > No way ! You're pulling a lot of legs > > > [and hurting a lot of egos who take pride in > > > pointing out that NT is _not_ an enterprise-class > > > platform, me included]. > > > > > > Hemant K Chitale > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, 24 May, 2002 8:00 AM > > > > > > > How about 250 Gig, 450 users on SAP 4.0B? > > > > > > > > 4 Cpu's 2 Gig Ram. > > > > > > > > Stop making me defend NT!! > > > > > > > > Jared > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Disser, Arno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 05/23/2002 10:23 AM > > > > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > cc: > > > > Subject: RE: so when did you switch from NT to unix > > > > for > > > > > > oracle > > > > > > > Here are my 0.02EUR > > > > > > > > Turn this reasoning around: Why would anyone use NT for a serious > > Oracle > > > > > DB-server? > > > > Okay, for some minor development perhaps, but for an production > > > > environment? > > > > > > > > b.t.w., ever considered a switch to VMS? > > > > > > > > Arno Disser > > > > -- > > > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > > > -- > > > > Author: Disser, Arno > > > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing > > > > Lists > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the > > > > message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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