Re: linux & Oracle -- best combination

Joe,

It's cheap. $60-70 for the pro version.

Even though I've been a long time RH user, I prefer SuSE simply for the documentation and admin utils.

Jared

On Wednesday 22 August 2001 04:50, Joe Testa wrote:
> 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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> > > >
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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
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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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