> switch back to regular fileserver which I now know should be used for > serving files anyway.
In the future of course, 'regular' file servers will actually be running on top of a database. SQL Server if your file server happens to be of the M$ variety. Will SysAdmins also need to be DBA's? ;) Jared On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 00:39, Tanel Poder wrote: > Actually I'm a bit surprised, that OCS works that well for you. My > impression about Oracle products is that Oracle Server is the only Oracle > server-type product which may work out-of-the-box. I've worked with iAS > since v.2 and yes, E-Business suite as well. The worst experiences are with > IFS (v.1.1) that crashed so hard we had to hack our data out of it and > switch back to regular fileserver which I now know should be used for > serving files anyway. That's why I didn't even take a look on OCS when it > came out - I remember the InterOffice disaster too well.. > > But if several people say, especially here, that it works for you, I think > it's time to check it out. Wonder if it'll run in test env with 512MB of RAM > using Linux? > > Tanel. > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:24 PM > > > > Brian, > > > > We're using OCS Release 2 on Linux (RHAS2.1) internally (15 users). We > also > > did a production install of OCS Release 2 on Linux RHAS2.1 for a customer > in > > NJ (100 users). They are very happy and impressed with the OCS > > functionality, especially iMeeting. The price comparison to Exchange > didn't > > hurt, either... :-) > > > > By the way, both of these installs were on a single Dell server, which is > > something that Oracle has not yet figured out how to do, apparently. The > > complicating issue is not collapsing everything onto a single server, > which > > is pretty straightforward (as with Oracle E-Business Suites). > > > > Rather, it is more that a single-server install makes things more > > complicated from a security perspective, as you have to be much more > > specific about what ports are opened to the internet and which ports are > > not. As with Oracle E-Business Suites, OCS uses lots and lots of network > > ports, but E-Biz is usually a purely intranet app and rarely (if ever?) > > faces the big bad internet. Believe me, put a server on the internet and > > you *will* be hacked within 4 hours... > > > > For 500 users, you'd definitely want a two-server configuration anyway, so > > it's probably a moot point. Let me know if you'd like some HW sizing > info? > > > > Hope this helps... > > > > -Tim > > > > > > on 8/20/03 2:49 PM, Brian Haas at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > We're looking at Oracle collaboration suite and I'm wondering if anyone > here > > > is > > > using it? If so, how is it working? Any issues? I know Oracle corp is > using it > > > for all their internal mail so I assume it could handle our 500 or so > users > > > just > > > fine. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > -Brian > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Tim Gorman > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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.net > -- > Author: Tanel Poder > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.net -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
