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Hi Dave,
I would recommend a later kernel for anyone who wants to run a production Oracle system on Linux. The 2.2.14 kernel has bugs in the VM. It pages much too aggressively and cannot be tamed. So you need to ensure that you never page which is wasteful.
@ Regards,
@ Steve Adams
@ http://www.ixora.com.au/
@ http://www.christianity.net.au/
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, 6 February 2001 3:02
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Hi Dick,
A couple of campanies I consult for are using
Linux and Oracle (8.0.5, 8.1.6) as production
databases. Neither is really high transaction volume
but one is holding about 1.5 GB of data.
One install occured because Oracle on NT was choking
the box and the company did not want to buy new
hardware. I find you usually get a 20 -30% performance
boost with Oracle on Linux vs NT for the same hardware.
The 8.0.5 Linux release has some problems so I would
recommend the 8.1.6 release which is of the same quality
as all other UNIX Oracle releases (Notice I didn't comment
on the quality, just the similarity :)
Both machines are in archive log mode and show typical
unix uptimes (Months).
WARNING:
My original kernel is Slackware 1.2.13 (I think) and
I have maintained my own kernel and system for the past
5-6 years (Currently 2.2.14). This gives me an extremely
reliable (but custom) system. My builds are of better
quality than any commercial linux packages I have tested.
I would recommend Caldera over Redhat based on my tests and
what I have heard from other admins. The feeling
seems to be Redhat is going after the consumer market
while Caldera is concentrating on the server market.
In summary, Linux, once properly configured is quite
suitable as a production Oracle platform.
HTH
-- Dave Morgan Senior Database Administrator Internet Barter Inc. www.bartertrust.com 408-910-4183 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Dave Morgan INET: dmorgan_at_bartertrust.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steve Adams INET: steve.adams_at_ixora.com.au Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).Received on Mon Feb 05 2001 - 18:29:53 CST
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