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Oracle under UNIX vs. Windows

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by highlander718

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I heard that Oracle under UNIX is better than Oracle under Windows. Why ?
I'm talking about DB applications, I'm working on a project that involves huge databases and it looks that Access is not enough anymore and I'm thinking to use Oracle but I want to make sure that there is a reason to start with UNIX to.

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by some guy in seattle

Generally, UNIX is more stable under higher network loads for *any* application. The tradeoff is that UNIX has a much higher learning curve and is not all that intuitive. If you are running Microsoft OSes right now, you also have to look at administering a mixed OS environment.

If you are set on getting Oracle, I would recommend talking to an Oracle engineer for advice, give the specs of your network, projected network growth, and intended uses/load expected to be used by the Oracle machine.

Hope that helps,

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