I have 35 servers running Oracle on AIX Power64. Very stable and robust combination, indeed. On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Amaral, Rui <Rui.Amaral@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > ** > I would agree with that. A lot of oracle on AIX where I am and in the > surrounding companies in my area. Maybe a little higher in percentage from > what Tim mentioned ... but not by much. > > Rui Amaral > Database Administrator > ITS - SSG > TD Bank Financial Group > 220 Bay St., 11th Floor > Toronto, ON, CA, M5K1A2 > (bb) (647) 204-9106 > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Tim Gorman > *Sent:* Friday, August 26, 2011 1:10 PM > *To:* patrice.boivin@xxxxxxxxx; ORACLE-L > *Subject:* Re: Oracle on AIX for Power > > Patrice, > > Just based on my own personal observations visiting several different IT > shops every year, I'd guess that AIX represents at least 15-20% of Oracle > RDBMS market share. My last two customers (i.e. my two main customers for > this current year) are AIX on Power64, for example. Can't quote that > percentage with any authority, but suffice to say that AIX is a big port for > Oracle, and always has been. > > And the reverse is true: IBM has long recognized that the Oracle RDBMS > pushes a lot of their iron, and has been a good partner to Oracle, even > though they also compete with DB2/UDB. Let's just say that the DB2 folks > often resent the IBM hardware sales folks, because the hardware folks are > often bigger fans of Oracle than DB2, because Oracle sells more servers. > > What's even more strange is that DB2 runs on Solaris, so IBM and Oracle > have a curious intertwined relationship that kind of makes one blush, if you > think about it biologically... :-) > > Hope this helps... > > -Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Patrice sur GMail [mailto:patrice.boivin@xxxxxxxxx] > *Sent:* Friday, August 26, 2011 10:52 AM > *To:* 'ORACLE-L' > *Subject:* Oracle on AIX for Power > > I am wondering how often Oracle is run on that platform. > > Wouldn't Oracle mostly be written first for linux / solaris / win32, then > ported to the other platforms? > > > > NOTICE: Confidential message which may be privileged. Unauthorized > use/disclosure prohibited. If received in error, please go to > www.td.com/legal for instructions. > AVIS : Message confidentiel dont le contenu peut être privilégié. > Utilisation/divulgation interdites sans permission. Si reçu par erreur, > prière d'aller au www.td.com/francais/avis_juridique pour des > instructions. > -- Gabriel Hanauer