Re: Solaris x86 & Oracle
From: Palooka <nobody_at_nowhere.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:48:34 +0100
Message-ID: <nfDWl.4874$vV4.129_at_newsfe28.ams2>
Mladen Gogala wrote:
> I am following Oracle patches for Solaris x86. Oracle 10g is being
> barely touched while patches for Oracle 11g (32 bit version) are starting
> to show up regularly. There is 11.1.0.7 for Solaris x86, there is even
> CPU APR '09 for it.
> Now, the question: given the low quality of Linux OS and a lack of tools,
> dtrace being the most important one, would it make sense to switch from
> Linux to Solaris x86? I, for one, would mercilessly ditch Linux in favor
> of Solaris, provided that such a move would make sense. What do others think
> of that?
>
>
>
FWIW, I am currently trying out OpenSolaris. Way to go, but so far I am much less impressed than I was with RHEL (CentOS for my laptop DBA playground).
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:48:34 +0100
Message-ID: <nfDWl.4874$vV4.129_at_newsfe28.ams2>
Mladen Gogala wrote:
> I am following Oracle patches for Solaris x86. Oracle 10g is being
> barely touched while patches for Oracle 11g (32 bit version) are starting
> to show up regularly. There is 11.1.0.7 for Solaris x86, there is even
> CPU APR '09 for it.
> Now, the question: given the low quality of Linux OS and a lack of tools,
> dtrace being the most important one, would it make sense to switch from
> Linux to Solaris x86? I, for one, would mercilessly ditch Linux in favor
> of Solaris, provided that such a move would make sense. What do others think
> of that?
>
>
>
FWIW, I am currently trying out OpenSolaris. Way to go, but so far I am much less impressed than I was with RHEL (CentOS for my laptop DBA playground).
Palooka Received on Sat Jun 06 2009 - 18:48:34 CDT