Oh, thank you! That clears everything up. Jared
On Monday 11 November 2002 16:28, Lyndon Tiu wrote: > Linux Rulz!!! > > On Monday 11 November 2002 03:13 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Dear List, > > > > Believe me, I am not trying to rehash an old topic, start any > > flame wars, nor look for supporting evidence for my admitted > > bias toward unix operating systems. > > > > Now that that's out of the way, what I am trying to do is find > > objective material comparing the use of MS Windows 2000 > > Server on Intel HW to Solaris on Sun HW. > > > > This is for an SAP implementation. We are currently running > > SAP 4.0b on MS NT 4.0 SP 6, on Dell 4 CPU Servers. ( I forget > > just which server ) > > > > As part of our process to upgrade the system to 4.6c and more > > recent versions of Oracle ( like 8.1.7 ), we are trying to do a > > comparison of the features, benefits and advantages of using > > Win2k Server and Solaris. > > > > Please don't refer me to such sites as www.kirch.net and > > www.osdata.com. The information at www.kirch.net is dated > > and applies to NT, not Win2k. > > > > osdata.com is a nice site, but doesn't really offer comparisons, > > just information on each OS. > > > > There is quite a bit of material available at www.microsoft.com. > > > > Try: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/compare/ > > > > PC Mag has a nice article comparing different platforms for use as a > > webserver: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,6615,00.asp > > > > They actually chose IBM running Windows 2000. > > > > Windows 2000 is in use here as a server platform for one database that > > is used as the backend to a rather troublesome application. The Win2k > > server is running Oracle 8.1.6.2. The database has been bounced 2 or > > 3 times in the last year. > > > > Once was to clear up a strange but non-fatal problem with Oracle. That > > was > > back in July, the previous system restart had been in December 2001. > > Server > > and database were up without interruption for 7 months. > > > > Though I prefer Solaris, I'm having a difficult time coming up with many > > valid > > reasons for recommending it over Win2k. > > > > A few that I do have: > > > > Sun service is superior to Dell service. They've proven this to us. ( > > We have other > > Sun machines in house ) > > > > Sun scales better. At least on 32 bits. We're at 4 CPU's. If we need > > to go past that > > I would think we should go with Sun. I don't know about Win2k Advanced > > Server, as it > > is a 64 bit platform, and I think the licensing would go up quite a bit. > > > > I welcome all objective comparisons of Solaris and Win2k Server, whether > > your own > > thoughts, or a link or links to articles you are aware of. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jared -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
