RE: Oracle 8.1.7 on Solaris vs. Linux

The problem is that Oracle supports Linux on Intel and IBM does not make RS/6000 with Intel CPU. I''m also not sure whether there is a sufficient customer base for Oracle to start supporting the PPC Linux. On the other hand, there is a Unix-like OS called AIX which does support Oracle.....

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> I don't have experience with Linux on RS/6000, but I would sure
> like to give it a try.
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> An RS/6000 is a much faster box than a more expensive Sun box.
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> Since IBM supports Linux on their HW, and Oracle supports
> their RDBMS on Linux, I would jump at the chance for this combination.
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> Does anyone have any strong opinions or useful reference on the
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> reliability and scalability of Oracle (probably 8.1.7) on
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> 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.
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