Re: Free Linux to run Oracle

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:03:43 -0800
Message-ID: <1162944222.584444@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

JEDIDIAH wrote:
> On 2006-11-07, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote:

>> 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.


> 

> 	...which the "integration problems" will do quite handily.

>

>> 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.


> 

> 	...and in so doing realize just how non-distinctive RHEL 

> really is besides from a few bugs that are particular to Redhat.
> The value of only being familiar with the Redhat way of working
> around a particular problem is of limited value in the long term.
>
> It really depends on whether or not you want to understand
> what's going on or not.

And by having RHEL you can not learn what is going on?

Or are you saying that only by implementing something that is unsupported and having problems can you learn what is going on?

I an quite sure I am misunderstanding your intention.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

Received on Tue Nov 07 2006 - 18:03:43 CST