Re: native Oracle-port on Linux -- what would it take?

In article <01bd0b13$3da5c480$2e5c0c26_at_sfinance3>, "S V" <sv1_at_mindspring.com> writes:
> ...
> Linux is missing many features for any OS to be worth considering
> as a viable database platform.
> 1. Linux has no logical volumes layer.
> 2. Linux has no transaction-oriented filesystem.
> 3. Linux has no support for raw devices - hence NO even remote possibility
> to run Oracle Parallel Server.
> 4. Linux networking is flaky at best.
> 5. Linux OS block size is what? 512 bytes? It would make even MS Access
> laugh and puke steam.
> 6. Linux SMP is rudimentary and flaky at best.
> 7. The same for multithreading.
> 8. Oracle requires efficient IPC and record-locking mechanisms. Linux
> cannot do
> record-locking at all, last time I checked. So Oracle would have to
> write its own
> code for that. Why would anyone sane want that?
>
> In fact porting Oracle to Linux would require Oracle to write its own Linux
> almost
> from scratch.
>
> ==> I don't see much (or rather _any) prospects for seeing Oracle on
> Linux.
>
> Cordially,
> Serge
>

Have you ever Adabas D for Linux. It has raw-device support. And the other points you mentioned didn't seem to stop a port of Adabas D to Linux.

Peter Received on Thu Dec 18 1997 - 00:00:00 CST