RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

[Mark Leith]

Title: RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

No problem..

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mohan, Ross
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 03:51
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

Thanks for the extended mail on your direct experience.

Much better than CNET, I guess we can all agree?

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Leith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 8:46 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: (Win2K vs NT4) / RE: OT RE: Async I/O on Windows

Ep,

I have 8i running concurrently on a Win2k system with SS7, and have to say
that it still runs like a dream. Like I mentioned earlier Oracle is still my
favourite databeast, but there are a few things that still cough and
splutter - like OEM for example. The Java side of things can be a little
painful, but as I understand it is mostly on all platforms, as Oracle still
haven't got it just right - though 9i again is "supposed" to be a great
improvement on how the JVM is managed.

Win2K has better service management - unless I didn't notice under NT -
where if a service fails, you can first try and restart the service, if that
fails, you can run a file - whatever it may be - and if THAT fails you can
reboot the machine automatically, and cross your fingers that the service
starts properly with spewing nasty error messages at you.

I have been using Win2k for around 4 months now and have NEVER seen a BSOD
(Blue Screen of Death), I reboot quite often - granted - but that is only
because LookOut keep trying to dial my mail server, gets it knickers in a
twist, hangs, gives me a mail delivery error, trys again, then comes back
telling me the phone entry it already being dialed!! So because I can't live
without my Lyris "Family" I have to reboot the bloody thing. I have only
once had to reboot when installing new software, and that was because the
dongle wasn't recognized properly.

All in all Win2K is far and above NT 4 in my view. File management is
handled a lot better, you can have online network drives, even if the
network machine is down.. IIS is OK but I can't see a business need for it
though..

Oh, and they have even added the lovely little desktops themes available
with Windows 98, but not NT.. Now, I have to say, this little feature is the
one that sold it for me :)

Give it a try Eric, if you are used to NT, you may be pleasantly suprised..

Regards

Mark

P.S Win2K was Built on NT Technology according to the new splash screen.. It
can only improve right? Right? Micrslop? hardy har har har...

-----Original Message-----
Pierce
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 07:06
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Ross & Mark,
There are no major performance concerns here (and we get
Oracle "free" {system wide educational site license} -
unlike MS/SQL), so what I want to know is: does Oracle8
generally work well on Windows 2000 server (compared to
running it on NT4)? We will be running on this hardware:
IBM Netfinity5100 w/ RAID (dedicated Oracle server, w/
web server on same box, if possible).

My assumption is that Win2k/Oracle8 is "ok". Are there any
horror stories out there about running Oracle8 on Win2K
where running on NT4 would have been better?

thanks!
ep

On 5 Feb 2001, at 9:25, Mark Leith wrote:

Date sent:              Mon, 05 Feb 2001 09:25:25 -0800
To:                     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> RE: Async I/O on WindowsWOOOOHOOOOOOO a SQLServer vs. Oracle debate
again!!

...

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