RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-06 Thread Gregory Conron
On Tue, 06 Feb 2001, Jeffery Stevenson wrote: > Enough monkeys, enough typewriters and enough time can get you Shakespeare. 8 monkeys, 5 minutes - Win98 source code. Cheers, GC -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Gregory Conron INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] F

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-06 Thread Mohan, Ross
Title: RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows Amen on the VMWARE and the value of knowledgeable SysAds! -Original Message- From: Jeffery Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 10:02 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-06 Thread Eric D. Pierce
On 6 Feb 2001, at 7:01, Jeffery Stevenson wrote: Date sent: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 07:01:30 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ... BTW, I use Win2K here for my desktop box. It runs > fairly well (and surprisingly even runs faster th

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-06 Thread Mark Leith
Title: RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows No problem.. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mohan, RossSent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 03:51To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: (Win2K vs NT4

Re: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-06 Thread Eric D. Pierce
On 6 Feb 2001, at 7:45, Bill Pribyl wrote: Date sent: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 07:45:49 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Just got off the phone w/ Oracle tech support, and they said that OEM > > *is* definetly supported on Windows 2

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-06 Thread Mohan, Ross
Title: RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows Thanks for the extended mail on your direct experience. Much better than CNET, I guess we can all agree? -Original Message- From: Mark Leith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 8:46 AM To

Re: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-06 Thread Bill Pribyl
"Eric D. Pierce" wrote: > Just got off the phone w/ Oracle tech support, and they said that OEM > *is* definetly supported on Windows 2000, and should work fine. I stand corrected. It didn't work for me or a client of mine "out of the box" but I just went and turned on *all* the Oracle-related

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-06 Thread Jeffery Stevenson
Enough monkeys, enough typewriters and enough time can get you Shakespeare. Enough developers, enough resources and enough time should eventually get software that works. BTW, I use Win2K here for my desktop box. It runs fairly well (and surprisingly even runs faster than NT)...the Oracle db I

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-06 Thread Mark Leith
Ep, I have 8i running concurrently on a Win2k system with SS7, and have to say that it still runs like a dream. Like I mentioned earlier Oracle is still my favourite databeast, but there are a few things that still cough and splutter - like OEM for example. The Java side of things can be a little

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-05 Thread Eric D. Pierce
> Yes, Oracle8i on Win2K is certified, but not 8.0. > > Apparently OEM is the problem. Just got off the phone w/ Oracle tech support, and they said that OEM *is* definetly supported on Windows 2000, and should work fine. They said that you don't *have* to have OEM, the usual command line fu

Re: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-05 Thread Bill Pribyl
> I'm used to Oracle7.3 command line DBA environment. Is > there anything in OEM that I "must have" to run the > Oracle8.1.7/Win2k? I'm really not sure -- all I have needed to do with is startup, shutdown, and run SQL & PL/SQL scripts. Good luck Bill --

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-05 Thread Eric D. Pierce
Yes, Oracle8i on Win2K is certified, but not 8.0. Apparently OEM is the problem. Glad you enjoyed! ep On 5 Feb 2001, at 14:16, Mohan, Ross wrote: Date sent: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 14:16:13 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > :)...so

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-05 Thread Kimberly Smith
Title: RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows Actually I don't.  Its usually something else that gets me to reboot the system (which is still rare) but these are pretty low use databases. The real ones are on Unix or Sun. -Original Message-From: Mohan,

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-05 Thread Mohan, Ross
Title: RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows :)...so, no Win2K Oracle8, but 8i is cool, all around. "Put that in yer pipe and smoke it!" (Love the haddock.ani .!) -Original Message- From: Eric D. Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, F

Re: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-05 Thread Eric D. Pierce
Bill, Thanks for the info, sounds vaguely familiar. (see below for the basically worthless METLink product certification info.) guess it is "ayeTAR" time. I'm used to Oracle7.3 command line DBA environment. Is there anything in OEM that I "must have" to run the Oracle8.1.7/Win2k? regards, ep

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-05 Thread Mohan, Ross
Title: RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows Do you crash weekly? -Original Message- From: Kimberly Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 3:21 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-05 Thread Eric D. Pierce
Ever since I got a cool little animated cartoon icon of Capt. Haddock (in the Tintin books from Belgium) with smoke coming out his pipe to replace my windows "houglass", i *LOVE* logging onto METALINK and waiting!!! ( http://www.tintin.be - http://www.tintin.be/Telecharger/downloa

Re: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-05 Thread Bill Pribyl
"Eric D. Pierce" wrote: > Ross & Mark, > There are no major performance concerns here (and we get > Oracle "free" {system wide educational site license} - > unlike MS/SQL), so what I want to know is: does Oracle8 > generally work well on Windows 2000 server (compared to > running it on NT4)? Wel

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-05 Thread Mohan, Ross
Title: RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows From what I know, Oracle8 is not yet formally certified on Win2K, believe it or not. But, I could be way wrong about this. Anecdotally, I have colleagues running every from clients through Net8 Names Servers to database servers on

RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-05 Thread Kimberly Smith
I am running ORacle8i on Windows2000 and for what I use it for I see no difference from NT. -Original Message- Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 11:06 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Ross & Mark, There are no major performance concerns here (and we get Oracle "free" {system w

(Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

2001-02-05 Thread Eric D. Pierce
Ross & Mark, There are no major performance concerns here (and we get Oracle "free" {system wide educational site license} - unlike MS/SQL), so what I want to know is: does Oracle8 generally work well on Windows 2000 server (compared to running it on NT4)? We will be running on this hardware: