Re: Oracle 8.1.7 on Solaris vs. Linux

• "Lord, David - C&S" <David.Lord_at_hayscsg.com>

> List
>
> Does anyone have any strong opinions or useful reference on the
> performance, reliability and scalability of Oracle (probably 8.1.7) on
> Linux (SuSE?) as against Solaris?
>
> We're spec'ing up some kit for a new production d/b and the cost of
> upgrading one of our existing Suns is so high that it would probably be
> cheaper to buy a new Linux box (I would guess an IBM). The database is
> going to be around 20Gb & we were looking at ~4 processors and ~2Gb RAM.

Depends on the hardware for Linux. Main problem w/ Intel M'boards is that the I/O channels are narrow and slow. So, if you're looking to move hefty amounts of data at once then Linux on a non-intel platform might work rather nicely. If the data is mostly there and accessed via "bursty" queries (i.e., sparse indexes, narrow tables) then an intel might work just fine.

Suggest checking linux.org. They have a variety of "success stories" that include information on specific setups.

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