Re: Again, Solaris or Linux for RAC

<emdproduction_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1193403791.216305.101020_at_o3g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Our application will potentially have a few thousand concurrent user.
>
> I know it has been debated many times, but most of the thread are
> dated before 2000. A lot of new things happened on the market these
> years.
>
> Now, solaris is not that awefully expensive, Linux has evolved as
> well.
>
> What will you pick, solaris or linux for your RAC?
>
> According to the sevey by IOUG (http://www.ioug.org/Research.pdf),
> Oracle on Solaris will decline from 49% to 43%, and Linux will
> increase from 34% to 44% by April 2007. But they never publish the
> new poll, is that really happening?
>

I would recommend Solaris. It is still more robust and scalable. AIX is another excellent choice.
Forget about those market numbers or predictions, it is a waste of time. Most Oracle installs are not RAC. Does that mean you should do that same? Received on Sat Oct 27 2007 - 13:37:58 CDT