[Zope] Question for those who have used Oracle/Zope : which OS worksbest ? best ?

[Bruno Mattarollo]

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>
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----- 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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