Oracle-L: RE: [Q] does anyone try RedHat 9 on ORACLE 9ir2?

From: Nelson, Allan <anelson_at_midf.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:33:51 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0057FA4A.20030411083351@fatcity.com>

Technically of course you are right. In reality though I don't see this as a problem. From Oracle's point of view (the software's point of view, not Larry's) Linux is a kernel version, a glibc version, a jdk version and not much more. Anyone with a little bit of study or previous knowledge can mostly adjust these things to get a running version. Oracle's support is then not much needed.

Sun has had good price points for a while, and after the death of the dot com's so much Sun gear was around that real prices were even lower. I picked up an Ultra 10 myself for under a grand. Sun is just cursed marketing wise. They never really seem to be able to get the message out in a way that reaches the PHBs.

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The problem I have with the supported versions of Linux is that none of them are free. What's the point then? I'd rather go with Solaris then, which is FREE. And with the new Sun 1Us (<$3K!), it's got the potential to be a Win/Lin killer, especially for Oracle servers, IMHO.

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http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/v210/

Rich

Rich Jesse                        System/Database Administrator
rich.jesse_at_qtiworld.com           Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI

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The Guru Labs review of Red Hat 9 notes a major JVM conflict with Oracle 9i: http://www.gurulabs.com/RedHatLinux9-review.html

A web site has an Oracle9i installation guide for other Red Hat versions: http://www.puschitz.com/OracleOnLinux.shtml

Oracle 9iR2 is certified on Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1, SuSE SLES 7, UnitedLinux 1.0 SP1, and RedFlag DC Server 4.0 (China - Hong Kong).

UnitedLinux is available in four distributions: Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition
SCO Linux Server 4.0
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (SLES 8)
Turbolinux Enterprise Server 8 Advanced and Basic

Red Hat does offer an Advanced Server developer version ($60): http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/developer/

The RedHat Oracle web page is:
http://www.redhat.com/oracle/

SuSE offers many links and documents:
http://www.suse.com/us/business/certifications/certified_software/oracle /

The Oracle Technology Network web site for linux is: http://otn.oracle.com/linux

Have Fun :)
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