Yep, it's just atypical to see that in a corporate production environment.
Axton Grams On 10/5/06, Guillaume Rheault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey Axton, At least for Solaris, you can run it almost anywhere, even laptops. So the argument that UNIX only runs on expensive hardware does not apply to Solaris at all. I have seen myself Solaris 10 running on laptops, how about that? BTW, here is the hardware compatibility list (HCL) for Solaris 10: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/sol/ Here is the compatibility list for Solaris 10 on laptops, as incredible as it sounds: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/sol/systems/views/all_laptops_all_results.page1.html Guillaume ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of Axton Grams Sent: Wed 10/04/06 6:18 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Advantages/Disadvantages between platforms running Remedy MSSQL Advantages: - Case insensitive MS OS Disadvantages: - When things break a reboot is in order, when things really break a rebuild is in order - c api development typically requires purchasing an MS compiler and learning an MS tool - Open software sometimes has trouble working properly/reliably and is subject to breaking with MS updates UNIX Advantages: - people proficient in unix/linux can actually investigate and resolve issues - Open software usually works UNIX Disadvantages: - expensive hardware Linux/MS Advantages: - cheap hardware Some questions to ask that I can't answer: - Is clustering more robust in unix/linux environment? Apart from a technological standpoint, there are other things to consider: - what skills are at your disposal in your organization? - what skills do your remedy people have? Axton Grams Scott Neeb wrote: > We have an initiative at my work entitled "Why Not Microsoft?". We're > supposed to ask ourselves at critical application milestones if we should > contemplate moving Remedy to the Windows platform. We currently reside on > UNIX with an Oracle database, so Remedy is always being evaluated as a > candidate for the move. They asked me today if there are any > advantages/disadvantages between running Remedy on UNIX/Oracle as compared > to Windows/SQL Server. I haven't seen any documentation or user comments > anywhere on the internet, so I was wondering if any of you have any prior > experience with this type of move, and if you've seen any advantages or > disadvantages to this type of move as it relates to the ARSystem. Thanks > in advance. > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org
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