Re: linux & Oracle -- best combination

I've not really checked out Suse, you have to buy it versus being able to get RH for free?

joe
Scott wrote:
>
> I believe that Oracle has decided that when porting to
> linux all products will be ported to SuSE and then
> perform post release certifications on Redhat. I
> believe stability and support of multiple Linux
> distributions was a factor in this decision. I run
> both Redhat and SuSE and I actually perfer SuSE. SuSE
> has a lot of packages it distributes with there
> product. The only thing is the SuSE wont create ISO
> images for download and Redhat will.
>
> Scott
>
> --- Brian McGraw <brian.mcgraw_at_infinity-insurance.com>
> wrote:
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Red Hat Oracle's
> > preferred Linux
> > distribution, right up until the time they announced
> > the availability of the Red
> > Hat Database (PostgreSQL)?
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > Christopher Spence wrote:
> >
> > > I would be curious to see these tests going
> > forward, seeing as RedHat
> > > support is difficult to do with 9i and such. And
> > suse now being Oracle's
> > > perfered linux. I wonder if these results have
> > changed. I never really
> > > played with Oracle on Linux, but if I ever had to,
> > I would be curious.
> > >
> > > "Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile
> > in their shoes, that way
> > > when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and
> > have their shoes."
> > >
> > > Christopher R. Spence
> > > Oracle DBA
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> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:53 PM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > >
> > > Lisa and others,
> > >
> > > About a year ago, I was working for a company
> > as a Linux systems
> > > engineer (Read as: Tech guy doing sales support).
> > Most of our customers
> > > wanted Linux systems, and it was my responsibility
> > to provide them the
> > > correct combination of Linux and hardware to meet
> > their needs. I had an ISO
> > > 9002 compliance to maintain as I provided testing
> > and supporting data to our
> > > clients.
> > >
> > > My first test was RedHat linux 6.1 with Oracle
> > 8.1.5. I don't have the
> > > benchmarks any more, but it worked the best.
> > >
> > > SCO Unix was bought by Caldera Linux and is not
> > yet being implemented to the
> > > full capability (IMHO).
> > >
> > > Mandrake, SuSe, Storm were all tested as well,
> > And had less satisfactory
> > > performance and reliability.
> > >
> > > Slackware 7 was the next best solution, followed
> > by TurboLinux 6.
> > >
> > > All of these configurations were tested on the
> > same machine, completely
> > > formatted and the same installation performed on
> > each test cycle.
> > >
> > > I hope this is helpful information.
> > >
> > > Daniel Curry
> > > Systems Administrator
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> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 9:36 AM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > >
> > > Lisa
> > >
> > > SuSe is the best so I have been told. I am about
> > to install 8i on 7.1 and
> > > another guy here is installing 9i on 7.2.
> > >
> > > Totally untested on my behalf as I haven't started
> > yet but that is the best
> > > I have been told.
> > >
> > > Probably of no use whatsoever !!!
> > >
> > > Lee
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Sent: 21 August 2001 16:51
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > Sorry everyone, I know you were just discussing
> > this recently.
> > > What is the most stable combination of Oracle &
> > Linux? What would you
> > > recommend? I want to say the consensus was SCO
> > Linux but I don't quite
> > > remember.
> > > Thank you
> > > Lara Croft
> > > Oracle Database Administrator
> > > Fairfield Resorts, Inc
> > >
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