RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy (9i Launch in the UK)

2001-06-21 Thread Mark Leith
Where can I find out more about this? Who cares about the launch - I'm up for the BBQ :) As long as it doesn't RAIN!! Is it at the Oracle UK HQ? -Original Message- Lee - lerobe Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 03:31 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Any other UK based listers

RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy (9i Launch in the UK)

2001-06-21 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Go to the following link For more information and to register go to http://www.oracle.com/uk/start/9iopenday or call 01252 771499 Might see you there !! -Original Message- Sent: 21 June 2001 11:36 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Where can I find out more about this? Who

RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy (9i Launch in the UK)

2001-06-21 Thread Mark Leith
Cheers Lee, Me and Gerry are now registered for both the Grand Opening, and the celebration dinner afterwards.. Hope to see you, and any one else from the list there.. Let the BBQ begin :) Mark -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 12:17 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Cc: '[EMAIL

Re: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

2001-06-20 Thread Connor McDonald
I've seen very successful systems on Solaris, HP, AIX and Sequent. I've seen disasters on Solaris, HP, AIX and Sequent. I honestly don't think that the vendor is (too much of) an issue (presuming you go with one of the major ones) That said, as the Oracle consultants always tell us, there is

RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

2001-06-20 Thread Gene Sais
Vendor=dec (well compaq) Cost=moderate Reliable=sometimes, if openvms Support=good Positives=cluster sw Negatives=pc company, not sure of future for vms or digital unix Vendor=hp Cost=moderate/high Reliable=yes Support=good Positives=ha mc service guard Negatives=you are on your own Vendor=ibm

RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

2001-06-20 Thread Guy Hammond
Compaq's Alpha and Tru64 platform has been turning in some impressive Oracle benchmarks, they're definitely worth a look. g. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 7:38 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L All, For a position that would (possibly) like me to set up

RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

2001-06-20 Thread Page, Bruce
Here is a quick blurb from Metalink's page on product availability for R11i Applications. It maybe of some help. Oracle Platform Roadmap Oracle's customers deploy data servers, development tools, applications, and application servers on a short list of systems. This system consolidation

Re: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

2001-06-20 Thread Jared Still
On Tuesday 19 June 2001 14:45, Deshpande, Kirti wrote: FWIW .. truss will be available with AIX 5L (this fall, I was told). It's about time! What's up with them anyway? All the cool utilities that you take for granted on Solaris and Linux simply do not exist on AIX. Jared -- Please see the

RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy (9i Launch in the UK)

2001-06-20 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Any other UK based listers going to the joint-hosted Compaq/Oracle launch of Oracle 9i in Reading on the 12 July. Sounds like a good day out. Launch and demos etc. until 17:30 then entertainment (BBQ and drinks and hot air balloon rides and stuff). Cheers Lee -Original Message- Sent:

RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

2001-06-20 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Verizon Information Services http://www.superpages.com -Original Message- From: Jared Still [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 9:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Deshpande, Kirti Subject: Re: New system, cart blanche, what to buy On Tuesday 19 June 2001 14:45

Re: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

2001-06-20 Thread Jared Still
On Wednesday 20 June 2001 05:56, Christopher Spence wrote: I like Sun actually, but I think AiX is the best choice money wise. Comparable computing power on RS6000 is about half the cost of Sun. Jared -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jared Still

RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

2001-06-20 Thread Kevin Lange
I was told to Design us a system to use . it was fun.What was decided on was : 1. AIX on an S70a (biggest at the time) 2. 32 - 2 GB SSA Drives 3. 32 - 4 GB SSA Drives 4. 32 - 9 GB SSA Drives 5. 4 GB Memory 6. 4 Processors 7. 2 5GB Scsi Drives for the System What this gave us was 1. We

RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

2001-06-20 Thread Mohan, Ross
Right...so we can cross compile Linux==AIX under AIX 5.0L? has anyone out there tried to compile a Linux binary set into AIX to run it yet? -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 11:11 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L All the cool utilities that you take

RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

2001-06-20 Thread Yosi
, what to buy Gene, that was great. Thanks. y -Original Message- From: Gene Sais [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 8:46 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy Vendor=dec (well compaq

RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

2001-06-19 Thread Post, Ethan
My feelings are that the list strongly likes AIX as far as getting more bang for your buck. - E -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:38 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L All, For a position that would (possibly) like me to set up an Oracle infrastructure from

RE: New system, cart blanche, what to buy

2001-06-19 Thread John Kanagaraj
I would vote for AIX and RS/6000. From my experience, those are robust servers and IBM has got good phone support. However, I do not I would fully second that. (And your SAs are going to love its easy Admin capabilities) real bad experience. Other than that, AIX is one of the best OSs I have