I'm a long time UNIX Oracle DBA type (12+ years) and have worked on
Windows now for the last 2 years using Oracle. The bottom line is it is
no harder or easier depending on your knowledge of the operating system.
There are do's and don’t's on both when installing, configuring, tuning,
etc.

But, in windows you can just plop in the CD and in a short time
answering a couple of questions, you've got a starter database. This is
not the to say that it would be this easy in a production environment
but it seems easier in a lot of ways.

If I had my choice I would still prefer to run under a UNIX/Linux
environment to avoid the OS restrictions associated with memory and
security issues.

Regards Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob
[mailto:oracledba-ezmlmshield-x98505548.[Email address protected]
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 3:04 PM
To: LazyDBA Discussion
Subject: Re: 10g on windows




Yves wrote:

> I've been ask to install 10g on windows. :-( I'm a UNIX person and
> have never used Oracle on windows.
>
> Questions:
>
> * Is it easier to install then on UNIX?

depends on who you ask but would say its *much* easier on windows 1 no
sa to deal with 2 no cdroms to mount 3 no *real* file systems to mount
or deal with less permissions to be concerned with

> * How long should I plan to do this?
less than 1 hour for install with a general database + 1 hour

> * Any documentation on what I need to prepare?

I think thats overkill ;-) but you can always find the release notes for

the distribution/platform from metalink (get fresh ones)

my 2cts
bob

>
> Any information would be appreciated.
>
> Merci / Thanks
> Yves Leonard,
> Chef de Projet / Project Leader,
> DDS / SDD,
> RH Coats, 13-I
> Téléphone / phone : 613-951-3233,
> couriel / email : yves.[Email address protected]
>
>
>
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