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  • Subject: Re: SQL Server: 99.9 percent uptime guaranteed !?
  • From: PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 18:16:50 -0500
  • In-Reply-To: <8204430704121998/A41811/TIMONE/11CC21EB0400*@MHS>

Advantages:

        Security built-in
        Ease of configuration for most types of communications
        Scalability
        99+% uptime
        Ease of upgrading (PTFs & OS)


--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com





>Gang --
>
>Recently, Data General Corporation announced that if you run their hardware
>with NT Server and SQL Server, they will guarantee a 99.9 percent uptime.
>
>Do they know something we don't know?
>
>What do they mean by "guarantee" anyway?
>
>I found it interesting. Consider this: WHAT IF (a BIG "what if", but "what if"
>nonetheless) ... WHAT IF a combination of NT Server and a relatively
>inexpensive server DID -- in fact -- give the same uptime as an AS/400? What
>would THEN be the argument IN FAVOR of the AS/400??
>
>Peace,
>
>-- Don Schenck
>www.SchenckTech.com


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