This used to be true. While I prefer *nix for a number of reasons, I have had Win32 database servers up for longer than 202 days. Jared On 10/6/05, Mark Bole <makbo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Well, I like this at boot-up time: ;-) > > "/dev/sdb1 has gone 202 days without being checked, check forced..." > > -Mark Bole > > Robyn wrote: > > Everyone, > > > > We have a fairly large, truly mission critical database (Oracle > > 9.2.0.6 <http://9.2.0.6>) at a remote site that is currently running on > Microsoft. In > > the past, others have tried to convince mgmt that the system would be > > more reliable on a unix os, but no one has ever been successful in > > obtaining a project to make the change. > > > > To my way of thinking, the strongest case for moving this database to > > unix is the track record of this application; it has had far more than > > it's share of issues (bad backups, system crashes, corrupt blocks, > > hung processes, cpu spikes and so on) even though it already gets more > > care and feeding than other databases. (majority of our databases are > > *nix) This is one aspect of what will be presented. > > > > That being said, for those of you who prefer unix, what are your best > > arguments for choosing unix for an Oracle database? What are the > > drawbacks? We'd like to make sure we uncover all the pros and cons. > > > > Any input is appreciated, > > > > Robyn > > > > -- > > Robyn Anderson Sands > > email: Robyn.Sands@xxxxxxxxxx > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > -- > Mark Bole > http://www.bincomputing.com > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist