New to OBIEE- Questions on OBIEE infrastructure..

Hi Gurus/Experts,
I am very very new OBIEE technology. Our company decided to change the technology to OBIEE. So, We are in process of understanding the architecture and infrastructure for the same.
I have couple of questions:
-the BI web server is the piece that has to run on Windows or It can run any machine?
-can the BI server and the BI scheduler server run in the same physical server (AIX) ?
Please let me if you are not clear on my questions.
It would be really great help..
Warm regards,
Ganesh Krishna.

-the BI web server is the piece that has to run on Windows or It can run any machine?Yes, OBIEE installers are available in different flavors like windows, LINUX, Solaris etc. You can have your BI web server (SAW) on any of the supported envn. Its not mandate to have it just on windows..
-can the BI server and the BI scheduler server run in the same physical server (AIX) ? Yes, both can run on same server. This is general practice..
Refer OBIEE documentation here..
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E10415_01/welcome.html
Hope this clears your doubt.

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Hi,
I am new to Oracle BI.
I have few questions regarding OBIEE features, Kindly answer to best of your knowledge, thanks in advance.
1.     What database types/ sources can the BI pull from?OBIEE supports many popular databases out there including flat file, xml's as sources.
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3.     Are pages, graphs, reports, etc. 508 compliant?OBIEE is 508 compliant application.
4.     Is the license portable from one server to another?Refer to answer for Question # 2.
5.     Are pages, graphs, reports, etc. 508 compliant?Refer to answer to Question # 3.
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7.     How easily does the BI tool integrate new data to it's database?Not sure what you are asking here.
8.     What precautions do the BI use to back up data?OBIEE does not store any data. It only stores the metadata of the tables you are using.
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http://www.varanasisaichand.com/2011/09/external-table-authenticationorder-of.html
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Can i use an OLTP backend database for creating a dashboard?
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