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From: scott@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Holt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Re: Dynix/Ptx - Upgrade worthwhile?
Keywords: Dynix Oracle PTX
Message-ID: <10815@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 27 Jun 90 04:25:08 GMT
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Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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Well, first off, find out from Oracle when they plan to support
PTX as a platform. My understanding is that PTX and Dynix are not
compatible. The current version of Oracle (6.0.30) runs under Dynix,
though I am not sure if they "certify" it under 3.0.17. I don't
know much about Ingress, but I am sure the same applies.  This really
applies to any piece of software you view as being important.

PTX is VERY new and many vendors may not yet be supporting their 
software on it. Given the close relationship between Sequent and
Oracle, however, I would hope that PTX support would at least be on the
horizon.

If you do need to be running Oracle under Dynix, then you must
at least install the System V support...it is required by Oracle.
I am not sure about Ingress.

- Scott

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