Re: Free Linux to run Oracle

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:26:00 -0800
Message-ID: <1162916759.921441@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

JEDIDIAH wrote:
> On 2006-11-07, Mladen Gogala <mgogala.spam-me-not_at_verizon.net> wrote:

>> On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:35:13 -0800, DA Morgan wrote:
>>
>>> I read it as "spend a lot of time learning to fix something you'll never
>>> actually do in the real world." I thought ... "thanks but I already have
>>> more than enough to do." <g>
>> Excellent argument! I like it very much!


> 

> 	Except it's invalidated by the problems you're having right now.

> 

> 	Part of the "fun" of linux is that you can more easily get a severe

> version mismatch between the OS and rdbms. Using RHEL won't necessarily
> prevent all of these kinds of problems. Linux distro configurations aren't
> that stable. You can't treat them as a black box to the same degree as AIX
> or Solaris and you probably don't want to be at the mercy of your sysadmins.

It is perfectly valid. Mladen can have a copy of RedHat Enterprise Linux anytime he wishes and work spend his time learning to what will directly translate into the real world.

You are correct that RHEL won't prevent all of these problems. But having an RHEL sandbox means you are more likely to have confronted the issue before, recognize it, dealt with it, and know how to quickly and efficiently fix it.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
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Received on Tue Nov 07 2006 - 10:26:00 CST