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

tip wrote:

> there is NO WAY the pc hardware end of linux would be able to handle running
> oracle in any decent manner. plus its tweaking is rather limited compared to
> solaris and hpux.

Sorry for may ignorance, but what is tweaking ?

And what is wrong with linux implementation of it?

> i have run oracle on both suns and hp boxes - there's just
> no way linux is ready (yet) for oracle.

What's so wrong with oracle that it's not ready for linux? Linux is widely recognized as one of easiest platforms to port to.

> i currently run oracle 7.2.3 on hp9000/s800/k210's running hpux 10.10 with a
> gig of memory each. that's alright for running oracle.

Actually you can run oracle on much smaller machines.

> but imagine a pc with linux and a motherboard limitation of 128M, a 200Mhz
> processor... i don't think so...

You could also get a PC with a motherboard limitation of 2G and 2 300MHz processors.

Or even more if you get Alphas

> linux is good for being a workstation, or a small server - but the heavy duty
> shit - better leave it to superior hardware and os's.

Oracle is quite usable for not-so-heavy-duty shit as well. It is used even on NTs and Netware servers, not to mention Win95 boxes.

Hannu Received on Mon Dec 22 1997 - 00:00:00 CST