Conference ulysse::rdb_vms_competition

1098.0. "Gupta to VMS solution" by ODIXIE::STUMPF (Jacksonville, FL Navy Team 350-4927) Tue Feb 25 1992 16:12

    I have an opportunity to grab some database sales/services if I can
    propose a solution to the following problem.  The customer is running a
    Gupta database on a 486 with 25 PC front ends running Clippr.  This
    arrangement is using a product called Planet Libraries (sp?) for
    connectivity and forms (I think it does the forms).  I understand that 
    Planet Libraries is a LAN Manager based network from 3Com.  This entire 
    solution has run out of gas and they would like a way to migrate this 
    database to a better suited platform, namely their 6320.  I have never 
    worked with/against Gupta and know very little about it.  
    
    I need to provide a proposal to "as simply as possible" migrate to the
    VAX to keep the system cooking while we propose a full blown production
    database solution.
    
    I have a couple of ideas:
    
    1)  Gupta is fairly tight with Oracle.  Perhaps we could get oracle on
        the VAX and import the database.  We could put SQLnet with TCP/IP
        on the PCs for the SQL access.
    
    2)  Put Gupta on a software fault tolerant Novell Server and use the
        IPX transport to get the clients with SQLwindows (front end from
        Gupta).
      
        Can I get a RdB solution into the migration plan??  Can Gupta
        access or import to a DEC solution is the question of the day. 
        This is a government customer and Digital has buying vehicles in
        order to supply all the products so DEC would get the revenue (not
        sure about Oralce on VMS - we used to able to do it), but I hate to 
        put a competitors products in the shop.