Re: Choose database vesrion

That occurred to me, though then I wondered about the policy on patchsets and whether 9.2.0.6 <http://9.2.0.6> would be supported/certified.

On 6/29/05, Pete Sharman <peter.sharman_at_oracle.com> wrote:
>
> Well, I guess the biggest problem he faces with that suggestion would be
> the mention of the PeopleSoft software. Even though that's "inhouse" so to
> speak now, it still has a certification path to go through I believe. Not
> something I've looked into of recent times, though, so I could be wrong. :)
>
>
> Pete
>
> "Controlling developers is like herding cats."
> Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook
>
> "Oh no, it's not. It's much harder than that!"
> Bruce Pihlamae, long-term Oracle DBA
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>
> Yechiel,
>
> There are a number of changes (usually for the better) with RAC
> between 9.2 and 10.x - a number of operations are much easier with 10.x.
> With 10.2 ready to come out any day now, I fear that if you go for 9.2
> some of the work you will do will be for nothing, because you will be
> asked to migrate to 10.2 pretty soon, and probably to go live with 10.2.
> I don't need to tell you what the standard Oracle support answer will be
> in 3 months' time if you run into a problem with your 9.2 ... Since you
> are going for a full Oracle version, can't you convince them to get you
> a pre-release 10.2 ?
>
> My 0.02 euros.
>
> SF
>
> Yechiel Adar wrote:
>
> > Hello all
> >
> > I need some advice on Oracle version to implement on a new system.
> > We are going with PeopleSoft CRM software and I need to recommend the
> > database version.
> > This will be heavy duty system that, according to the vendor, will
> > need a cluster of 4 computers, with 4 cpus and 8GB of memory each in
> > two years time.
> > The test system needs to build yesterday and the system goes live in
> > 2-3 months.
> >
> > The system will be on Linux RH ES 3.0.
> >
> > The Oracle versions are RAC 9.2.0.6 <http://9.2.0.6> or RAC 10.1.0.4<http://10.1.0.4>
> .
> >
> > We are currently on 9.2.0.6 <http://9.2.0.6> across the board and I do
> not know 10g.
> >
> > What would you recommend? Is 10g ready for prime time RAC
> > configuration, or should I use 9.2.0.6 <http://9.2.0.6>?
> >
> > TIA
> >
>
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