Hello. You could use Linux or Solaris Sparc. There are Oracle Clients for both platforms. It depends then on your budget. We are using Sun UltraSparc machines (Netra t1's and Ultra5) as Zope servers and another big Sun UltraEnterprise class machine to host the Oracle database. We are having some strange behavior on the DCOracle adapter (I presume) but it's surely due to the fact that we are using Oracle8i and the Net8 libs are somewhat different to the Oracle8 libs. We are not using LOB records in this project but I have read about them been not supported, but anyway, I am not really sure about this. So, resuming, it depends on your budget and of course the scalabilty you need. If you expect lots of hits you should even consider to look at ZEO. Just my 0.02 cents. /B Bruno Mattarollo <brunomadv@ciudad.com.ar> --- Python Powered <http://www.python.org/psa/> ----- Original Message ----- From: chas <panda@skinnyhippo.com> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 8:26 PM Subject: [Zope] Question for those who have used Oracle/Zope : which OS worksbest ? best ?
I usually work on FreeBSD or NT but now have to set up a Zope-based site that will be powered by an Oracle8 DB. The Oracle8 DB is already running on an AIX box and now I have to choose an Operating System for the boxes that will run the Zope/Apache front ends.
It seems that the DCOracle connector needs SQLNet (from the Oracle client) to be installed. Since Oracle has not been ported to FreeBSD, this means I have to look for a new OS for this project. In addition, I have noticed a lot of posts from people having problems integrating Oracle/DCOracle/Zope.
I really want to concentrate on the web application and not waste days/weeks fiddling with Oracle connectors or SQLNet (with Oracle 7.x on NT I remember this could be troublesome to set up). ie. Ideally, it'd work right "out the box".
Which OS would you recommend as the Zope webserver in this case ?
Thank you very much,
chas
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