Recommended hardware for 9i on Linux, at home

From: Norman Dunbar <Norman.Dunbar_at_lfs.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:30:43 +0100
Message-ID: <E2F6A70FE45242488C865C3BC1245DA7038F8E11@lnewton.leeds.lfs.co.uk>

Morning,

Mandrake 9.0 works fine with 9i release 2 Enterprise - whether you piss on it or not :o)

I have 640 Mb RAM, P2 400 Mhz processor, MDK 9.0 running KDE 3 and Oracle flies. Mind you I only have one 60 Gb disc and one Instance running. It truly is much much much quicker than the 'Non-French' Win2k OS that most people use on the same machine (dual boot).

So, go for Linux, and if you need support, you need to go for an Oracle authorised/approved version of Linux - probably Red Hat Advanced Server. If you are just lerning then RH8, SUSE and MDK 9.0 all work fine.

Cheers,
Norm.

Norman Dunbar
Database/Unix administrator
Lynx Financial Systems Ltd.
mailto:Norman.Dunbar_at_LFS.co.uk

Tel: 0113 289 6265
Fax: 0113 289 3146
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From: buckwheat_phd_at_yahoo.com (buckwheat) [mailto:buckwheat_phd_at_yahoo.com]
Posted At: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:04 AM Posted To: server
Conversation: Recommended hardware for 9i on Linux, at home Subject: Re: Recommended hardware for 9i on Linux, at home

dba_222_at_yahoo.com (Roger Redford) wrote in message news:<a8c29269.0304051812.5ed59313_at_posting.google.com>...

Roger -

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I would imagine your Linux port would make a difference. Most of them nowadays are remarkably sound. Now Mandrake is a different story, since they're a French outfit I wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire. So with Mandrake left out of the lineup, you'd be doing well with good ole' Redhat, SuSe or Debian. I think SuSe and RedHat(AS) are the only certified distros from Oracle. I have great luck with RedHat's Application Server version.

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Received on Wed Apr 16 2003 - 04:30:43 CDT