These threads always crack me up. Its like religious wars. We've got both in house. Most of my stuff runs on the SUN boxes, and I have had no problems with the stability. I guess administration of the HPs is easier, but the Sun SAs aren't complaining so its pretty much a non-issue for us. As far as cost, HP wasn't competitive, Sun was much cheaper. Due to the cost difference we probably wouldn't be buying any more HPs, except when a certain product is only certified on HP or when the purchase decision is made by an HP-centric manager.
Jim -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:00 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I heard that they already did. Something about Sun not being stable. -----Original Message----- Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 9:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Oracle Magazine have alot "Oracle for HP" articles, I think they are switching from Sun to HP -----Original Message----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 January 2002 06:16 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sergey, I asked my SA to add his 2 cents, guess he's not inclined. Anyway, I've been on HP for the last 10 years, coming from VMS, & I love it. VERY stable, easy to use, although I don't do the admin any longer it was easy with SAM even when it was a character based tool. Rman/OmniBack integration is well documented in the OmniBack manuals & works as advertised. HP support is pretty darn good as well, especially in the middle of the night when the system won't boot. I've had HP support tech's remotely logged in to the system helping get it back online. Also if you have a problem that is not in the area of the tech you call they normally conference in the needed assistance. Problems can be resolved as fast as they occur. We also don't use disk arrays from HP, but then HP & EMC really like each other. If you want an inexpensive disk alternative look into NetAppliance. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Author: "Babich ; Sergey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 1/18/2002 1:25 PM Thank you, Paul, I'll forward it to my boss... Anyone else to add to it? Thank you very much, Sergey Babich -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 3:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Stay with HP. It's a hell of a lot more reliable, and does not require anywhere near the # of patches, and its patches work far more often that Sun's. I've done 5 years with each, and there's no question that HP is superior. Thank you, Paul Sherman DBA voice - 781-501-4143 (office) fax - 781-278-8341 (office) email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 3:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Our shop is switching from HP to Sun. No one can tell me why. There must be a cost savings somewhere. -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 12:51 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, dear listers, My boss has decided to switch production to a UNIX box and now he's asking me for a recommendation between HP and SUN. I am a newbee to UNIX (to put it the softest way). I've heard people say HP is better, but need more than that... The DB itself is about 40G on RAID (currently on Windoze 2k). Any advice is greatly appreciated. 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