AW: Re: Re: CentOS instead of RHEL?

very interesting point of view.
Thanks
Ahmed

• Original-Nachricht --- Von: Tim Hall Betreff: Re: Re: CentOS instead of RHEL? Datum: 29.01.2020, 9:38 Uhr An: Stefan Knecht Cc: ahmed.fikri_at_t-online.de, oracle-l_at_freelists.org

My thoughts.

(1)

The vast majority of Oracle database code is written against 64-bit Oracle Linux and UEK. Not only is it mostly coded against that, but it is the release that gets the vast majority of the testing. It is also how Oracle run the Oracle database in the cloud. It is what Exadata, the flagship database product , ships with.

Once the database is ready for 64-bit Oracle Liinux and UEK, it is paper certified for RHEL. That's interesting.

Despite what people say about other first tier platforms, *IMHO* everything other than OL is a port. I know there are windows and solaris development teams dealing with those platforms, but OL + UEK is the master.

Knowing that, which OS are you most confident about picking? OL + UEK or some other random-ass port?

(2)

Oracle Linux is free. Free to install. Free errata/updates from yum.oracle.com <http://yum.oracle.com> . If costs the same as CentOS
(nothing), but is a certified platform.

You can choose to buy support for the OS, but you don't need to. Not doing so has NO IMPACT on the support status of the products you install on top of it. We use OL+UEK for nearly everything we do. We don't have a single OS support contract. All out DBs and App Servers are supported in the normal way.

(3)

If someone is asking you to put licensed and supported Oracle products on an unsupported OS they need educating. If you are interested in helping them, this might be worth a read.

https://oracle-base.com/articles/linux/oracle-linux-frequently-asked-questions <https://oracle-base.com/articles/linux/oracle-linux-frequently-asked-questions>  

Cheers

Tim...

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