Re: Recommendations for OS

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Dank wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm your typical poor student (cue violin), I've done all my learning
> on Oracle so far from home on the remote Uni machine (SunOS) and now I
> want to setup my own server so I can learn more about the DBA side and
> have a free run of it all. I see from the Oracle site that it's only
> (for linux) certified to work on Redhat/Suse Advanced Server, which
> alas are not cheap [read: not free] and that the X86 SunOS version is
> marked as 'projected'. Are the certified OS's the be-all and end-all?
> If I run 10g on Suse 9i Personal Edition or X86 SunOS would the DBMS
> chug along fine? Ideally I would like to run it on the X86 SunOS
> version, any suggestions/pointers would be most welcome :]
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony.
>

In my opinion for somebody with tight budged RedHat 7.2/7.3 is the way to, it's very close to RHAS(ES) 2.1. It's very visible that Oracle main OS target for Intel platform is RedHat.
Cheapest version of RHES is $350.00(?), I use it for 9i + RAC and didn't have any problems.
Good resource about Linux + Oracle you will find: http://www.puschitz.com/

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