RE: Oracle certification on linux

From: Jacques Kilchoer <Jacques.Kilchoer_at_quest.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 15:53:37 -0800
Message-ID: <B5C5F99D765BB744B54FFDF35F60262119FBCF@irvmbxw02>

I'm still a Linux newbie I guess because this "cooker" vs. "Gentoo" is = confusing me. My understanding is:
"cooker" relates to newer versions of Mandrake Linux which is based on = the Redhat distribution.
Gentoo is a separate distribution which is source-based. SUSE Linux (owned by Novell) is a distribution sold commercially but for = which the source code is not available, and SUSE is one of the partners = in United Linux which is now defunct.

So United Linux 1.0 and SUSE Linux would be synonymous.

So when you say "cooker" is your favourite Linux version for an Oracle = database I don't understand because I thought that cooker meant a "beta" = distribution.

Is the information I see on this webpage accurate? http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=3Dmajor

> -----Original Message-----
> Mladen Gogala

>=20

> On 02/11/2004 03:24:09 PM, Jacques Kilchoer wrote:
> :
> >=20
> > For those of you running Linux in production - do you stick=20
> with an =3D
> > Oracle certified release?

>=20
> Yes. No supported release =3D> no support. If I get ORA-600 (which, of =
=20
> course, never happens) I need to have someone to ask for help.

>=20


> > I'm not talking about the cowboys that

> > install =3D

> > on a laptop for testing purposes and compile Linux from scratch with

> > the =3D
> > right tweaks to avoid ORA-600 errors.

>=20

> You'll be interested to learn that I achieved a good performance on =20
> both cooker and RH-9 with JFS downloaded directly from IBM=20
> and compiled
> directly into the kernel. JFS supports "setall" value in the =20
> "filesystemio_options" parameter and 1.1.4 has had some performance =20
> optimizations. That is, I suppose, what you call "cowboy stuff".
> I love cooker for always being on the bleeding edge.

>=20

> >=20
> > My guess would be that most Oracle installations on Linux=20
> are either =20
> > =3D
> > RedHat or SuSe - is there a survey out there that shows=20
> which Linux =3D
> > versions are most popular for Oracle databases?

>=20

> Cooker. Definitely Cooker. It's my personal favorite. I like=20
> sticking =20
> with known stuff, unlike some fans of the Gentoo distribution.

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RE: Oracle certification on linux - it's a madhouse!