Re: O/S Choice for Database Servers
- From: Thomas Roach <troach@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:13:53 -0500
In one of the previous places I worked one of the managers was very pro
Microsoft/SQL Server. I asked him why? He said because Windows admins and
SQL admins cost less.
I guess it goes to show that sometimes you do get what you pay for. If you
hire the cheapest admin you can find, you are most likely going to have a
system (Windows, Linux, SQL, Oracle, DB2 etc...) that is not properly
maintained.
In many cases the system gets blamed when it is just a function of poor
management.
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:04 PM, D'Hooge Freek <Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Niall,
>
> I concur with what you say. It is absolutely possible to have a performant
> and stable Oracle environment on windows.
>
> However, I still prefer to use linux instead (or solaris as a second
> choice). The reason for this is that, when you have a problem with a process
> or installation or something, it is much easier to investigate on unix then
> on windows. For instance, most linux/unix sysadmins and even Oracle DBA's
> know how to do a system trace of a process and information about the system
> calls can easily be found. On windows you can also trace processes, but few
> windows admins know how to do this and information about it is hard to find.
>
> Another reason is that the unix / linux kernel is better instrumented then
> windows, giving you more real time information (eg solaris dtrace).
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Freek D'Hooge
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