Re: use of oracle in embedded systems

From: Noel <noel_mckinney_at_ieee.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 00:16:09 -0600
Message-ID: <8uaqt2$gbm$1@slb6.atl.mindspring.net>

<toddhoff_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8u94gd$fk8$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Does anyone have experience of using oracle in a high availability
> embedded system? An important requirement is that
> all management of the system must be doable via an API.
> This means for install, upgrade, configuration, recovery, etc.
> It's not possible to have an operator intervene or have a terminal
> available. The implications of this are wide.
>
> My reading so far is that an oracle install requires terminal
> based interaction. I'd imagine an upgrade requires the same.
> I'm also not confident that all the errors i see in the news
> group are programatically detectable and recoverable. Any thoughts
> on this?
>
> thanx

The September issue of Computer magazine had an article on embedded database systems that you may find interesting. A product comparison table in the article states that Oracle 8i "Runs on Linux, but not on embedded systems." An abstract of the article is at
http://computer.org/computer/co2000/r9027abs.htm .

Noel
http://www.mindspring.com/~noelmckinney/ Received on Wed Nov 08 2000 - 00:16:09 CST