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sdenney <sdenney_at_healthetech.com> wrote:
: Does anyone have any information on Oracle on Linux/intel as compared to
: unix(Solaris/sun)? Or would you know where I could get this sort of
: information? We are running smoothly in development using a small sun
: machine but IT wants to look into switching to Linux on intel machines are
: there pitfalls?
I'm not sure where you can get authoritative info to compare these choices, but we have all the ancedotes you could ever need :)
In my opinion there are no 'pitfalls', per se. I've run Oracle on both, and in the 1 sentence analysis, "you'll be happy either way." If you're a programmer or user, the change is completely transparent.
Now, tips:
Hardware:
databases are IO-bound. PCs have smaller buses & IO than SPARC, a flaw
made worse by the low quality of most PC stuff on the market.
Do *not* skimp on hardware. IT often tries Linux on some $500 box, and
compares it to a $5000 sun. "Oh look! Linux is slower!" gag. Buy the
best motherboards, SCSI cards, drives, etc.
Athlons over P4s -- AMD's bus is wider than Intel's (you might need to
play with the boards to get the full 200Mhz bus, though.)
Try VALinux. I've had nothing but *fantastic* support from them.
Be afraid - the cheap PC stuff is much flakier than the pro Unix stuff.
Software:
Tune, tune, tune those kernels!
Tune, tune, tune those drives!
Upgrade to 2.5 as soon as Alan Cox builds it! (multiple IO locks, plus a
wish list from Oracle) Received on Wed Apr 04 2001 - 02:40:16 CDT