Kevin,

Unless your application is either very small or extremely efficient, I
would try to hold on to those HP3000 boxes until well after the cutover
is done.  I have a hard time imagining that one NT box, even a four way,
can handle the tasks of two HP3000 boxes.  I expect that you will see a
big hit in performance, especially with Oracle, on the NT box.

Kevin Newman

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin J. Mullins [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 2:09 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Another One Bites The Dust?
>
> I've been reading this thread which unfortunately applies to our 3K's
> as
> well.  After almost 20 years as a 3K environment we will be one no
> more!!!
>
> Management, despite the recommendations of IS and much info provided
> to
> them, have decided that we are going to proceed with a change in our
> IT
> infrastructure.
>
> Our two HP3000's (one here in the US (969) and another over in
> Europe(927))
> are going to be replaced by a single quad-processor NT server running
> Oracle
> that will be located here in the US!!
>
> It is definitely a sad day....when technology is sent packing to be
> replaced
> by an environment that does not provide the same quality, stability,
> security and capabilities that the HP3000 offers an organization.
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