IBM AIX w/HACMP. If you factor in the service plan costs on all other boxes vs. IBMs 1-3 year we cover everything and after that service is less expensive than any one else's, you'll find the TCO for these units is anywhere from marginally less to way less than any alternative I've found. Haven't run Linux for a high-availability situation, if possible, could be the clear winner. Wintel has a place in the enterprise, but if you're going HA, be prepared to shell out the big bucks.
Not a flack - just a satisfied user w/Sun, NT (W2K), and HP_UX experience. David A. Barbour Oracle DBA, OCP AISD 512-414-1002 Ray Stell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .edu> cc: Sent by: Subject: new work group servers recommendations [EMAIL PROTECTED] om 12/17/2001 12:50 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L Shopping for workgroup servers, the sun rep is pushing a V880s with Sun Cluster 3 and OPS. OPS seems like yesterdays news. I was told that Ellison said at openworld that OPS is a signal failure. Anybody gone to intel/9i/RAC or is this stuff not really ready? If you were buying today for the next couple of years and need high availability, what would you go with? =============================================================== Ray Stell [EMAIL PROTECTED] (540) 231-4109 KE4TJC 28^D -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ray Stell INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).