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Re: Fedora

From: Chuck Whealton <chuck_whealton_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 17 Jul 2006 16:33:22 -0700
Message-ID: <1153179202.514906.115030@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

Bertie Brink wrote:
> Chuck Whealton wrote:
> > nntp wrote:
> >> There is a clone of RHEL called Whitebox Linux that you could install
> >> and all you have to do is make sure all the kernel memory parameters are
> >> set in /etc/sysctl.conf and I think I also had to download libaio (async
> >> IO) and the install went fine. You can get it
> >> free...http://www.whiteboxlinux.org/
> >>
> >> Good luck...Paul
> >
> > Another one that would probably require a bit more than you seem to
> > have needed is Centos. Another RHEL derived distribution -
> > http://www.centos.org
> >
> > Charles R. Whealton
> > Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com
> >
>
> Being RHEL derived, were you able to seamlessly integrate Oracle 10g
> without all the extra RPMing?
>
> On another note:
>
> Considering Solaris 10 is free, I would suggest Solaris as a platform to
> deploy Oracle Database. In 10 years of running it under Solaris (SPARC),
> I have yet to see a better marriage between a rock solid OS and
> database. Although you will have to wait for a 32-bit Oracle 10gR2 for
> Solaris x86 if you are running xeon 32-bit or non-Opteron x86 CPUs.
>
> --
> Bertie Brink

Bertie:

You won't get away without all the RPMing with Centos. Only tested it with 9i, but still had to do all the RPM stuff and all the kernel modifications for shared memory, etc.

Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com Received on Mon Jul 17 2006 - 18:33:22 CDT

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