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RE: linux & Oracle -- best combination

From: JOE TESTA <JTESTA_at_longaberger.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 07:39:19 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00373D9F.20010822065133@fatcity.com>

6000 files, what a pita, guess i'll stay with hacking rh to run oracle :)
 
 
joe
>>> cgrabowy_at_fcg.com 08/22/01 10:16AM >>>You can download Suse, but you have over 6,000 files to download.  It's allin a specific directory on there FTP server.On the other hand, for RH you can just download a few ISO files and burnthem into CDs.  Easy.I believe that Suse Personal, with CD and manuals, is 30 bucks.  I amassuming that the personal version will run Oracle, since its seems thePro(70 bucks) version is for clustering, etc.Chris-----Original Message-----Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 7:51 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LI've not really checked out Suse, you have to buy it versus being ableto get RH for free?joeScott 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> > > Phone: (978) 322-5744> > >
Fax:    (707) 885-2275> > >> > >
Fuelspot> > > 73 Princeton Street> > > North, Chelmsford 01863> > >> > >> > >
-----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> > > CGtime, Inc.> > > 625 Second Street> > > Suite 201> > > San Francisco, CA 94107> > > ph: 415-348-6516> > > fx:
415-348-6505> > > cell: 510-304-7889> > >> > > -----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> > >> > >> > > The information contained in this communication is> > confidential, is intended> > > only for the use of the recipient named above, and> > may be legally> > > privileged. If the reader> > > of this message is not the intended recipient, you> > are> > > hereby notified that any dissemination,> > distribution or> > > copying of this communication is strictly> > prohibited.> > > If you have received this communication in error,> > please> > > re-send this communication to the sender and> > delete the> > > original message or any copy of it from your> > computer> > > system.> > > --> > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:> > <A
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