[chrisplough]

Ganesh,

In response to your questions:

1. Application Server Choice: WebSphere Vs Oracle AS (Pros and Cons)
   1. Stay away from WebSphere. I ported the technical architecture of OTM from WebLogic to WebSphere and I can tell you that it (WS) works very poorly with OTM, in terms of configuration, performance and reliability.
   2. WebLogic is the preferred app server for OTM and is highly recommended. Especially when running on Linux, your performance using WebLogic/JRockit can be twice that of OAS/SunJDK.
   3. OAS would be my second choice, but few are using it in production and I don't consider it a good option until OTM 6.0.
   4. You can find more details on OAS vs WebLogic by searching these forums.
2. Any issues / limitations of implementing flat file integration? (we are thinking of using Python scripts)
   1. No issues - this can be implemented using either Python or any other integration engine. Regardless of the choice, you'll need to convert to G-Log XML in order to post to OTM.
   2. Python is limited in terms of management and performance, but if your volumes are low, this isn't an issue.

I hope this helps!

--Chris