Re: Oracle 9i R2 database (9.2.0.1) on a RedHat box

Pablo Santa <pablo_at_roshka.com.py> wrote in message news:<b583ru$63g$1_at_news.postech.ac.kr>...
> >
> > Installing the database on most distros is normally a breeze. If, however
> > you plan to installl 9iAS on the same box my current thinking is to
> > absolutely go with a certified distro, which today is SLES7 or RHAS 2.1.
> >
>
> I would go with one of the certified distros with absolutely no problem
> at all, but as far as I know they cost a lot. Am I right?
>
> I heard somewhere RedHat AS is over 2k U$S.
>
> GReetings.

Well, If you are planning on using RH AS only for development ... They do offer a developer version for I belive 60 USD. They do want to seed the market with developers whose clients then put RH AS into production usage and purchase support contracts. Sounds like a good, sustainable business model. SuSE has been doing the same thing.

Here is how I see it:

If you clients are Dell shops, go with RH AS, as it can be pre-installed by Dell.
If your clients are Compaq/HP shots, go with SuSE SLES7, as it can be pre-installed by Compaq/HP. both are "officially" supported by ows.

800 USD/year for RH AS is competitive with Windows 2000 Advanced Server - and you'll feel better having the funds go to supporting one of the 2 major (commercial) Linux distros.

way off topic ...

21 minutes for an Oracle 9.2 Standard Ed (software only) on a 2.4 GHz laptop with 512 MB ram. last time was 17 minutes, but that was starting at 6 GB into the disk instead of 14 GB into the disk. I'm spoiled - and I don't like XP Pro at all so far - can't even find file ownership properties yet, and CIS didn't have a security template for it, I just threw the highsec workstation template at it as a first pass.

Paul Received on Tue Mar 18 2003 - 23:07:09 CST