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- From: mmittman@digi.lonestar.org (Michael Mittman)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Re: SQL Net
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.225515.14297@digi.lonestar.org>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 22:55:15 GMT
- References: <1354@pivot-sts.sbi.com>
- Organization: DSC Communications Corp, Plano, TX
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- Disclaimer: The views within are my own and not those of DSC
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- In article <1354@pivot-sts.sbi.com> ken@comanche.sbi.com (Ken Jones) writes:
- >Dear Oracle Guru's
- >
- >We looking at using Oracle in a distributed environment. I've heard that
- >this is accomplished using SQL net. But is it reliable? Is it a good product?
- >Is it worth it. Are there any alternatives?
- >
- >
- >Ken Jones
-
- My experience with SQL*Net is that it is a real dog when the darn
- thing is working.
-
- We have two databases on one machine (an Amdahl) which is partitioned to
- run UTS operating system (UNIX) and MVS operating system. The failure
- rate for SQL*Net when going from UTS to MVS has been far to great, it
- fails at least twice per month (far to great for a large corperation).
-
- Also, performance is a factor. SQL*Net's transfer rate is about 512k.
-
- Check out other possible solutions FIRST (ie: TCP/IP).
-
- Good Luck
-
- Michael Mittman
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