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[scohan]

A client has asked me to inform him about pros/cons of migrating a unix/oracle/jsp website to a MS platform. He feels he will save money using SQL Server vs. Oracle. The site deals with mortage broker/lenders and obtaining rate/loan info online. Any suggestions/pros/cons/tips on using a unix/JavaWebServer2.0/Oracle/jsp environment vs. a NT/IIS/SQL Server platform would be greatly appreciated.

If we stick with Unix, I'd recommend Linux/Apache.

Can JSP run on NT/IIS? I didn't write the code so converting it would be a big effort.

 

[DBAwhosaysNIE]

I don't know if IIS supports JSP but I'm sure there are web servers for NT which do. The obvious issues with an M$ architecture are availability and scalability (specifically lack of both). I'll admit that Oracle likes to suck your wallet (we're running WebSphere AND Oracle; OUCH! but if they're THAT cost constrained then I'd do Linux/Tomcat/mySQL since they're all FREE and STILL more reliable/scalable than NT/IIS/SQL Server.

just my 2c/never 2Bho...