From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Mon Jul 18 13:57:35 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j6IIvZUa008710 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:57:35 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j6IIvIIP008668 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:57:19 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 776691D6A0E; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:57:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11140-07; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:57:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id ED5C91D6C6A; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:57:10 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: From: "Murching, Bob" To: "'oracle-l'" Subject: x86, 64-bit Linux, RAC Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:55:22 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C58BCA.3FE30768" X-archive-position: 22615 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: bob_murching@BUDCO.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: bob_murching@BUDCO.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-mailscan-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-mailscan-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=2.63 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C58BCA.3FE30768 Content-Type: text/plain 64-bit hardware from AMD and Intel are in fairly wide supply today, and Linux has had a 64-bit flavor for a while now. We are considering a 64-bit x86 platform for running 10g RAC. Yes, it probably isn't quite as buttoned down as SPARC 64-bit, and yes 10g RAC on 64-bit Intel/AMD probably qualifies as somewhat close to the leading edge. All that said, does anyone here have experience deploying on this platform? What works / worked, what doesn't / didn't, and do you think the platform is ready "enough" for primetime or does it need to cook? We are not considering this platform for something that human lives depend on, so a little risk is OK. What I'm not sure of is "how much" risk is involved at this point in time. From what I've seen / read / used myself, the platform is "almost" production-ready for most conventional purposes, but with a couple of quirks to work through. Thoughts? Bob ------_=_NextPart_001_01C58BCA.3FE30768 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable x86, 64-bit Linux, RAC

64-bit hardware from AMD and Intel are = in fairly wide supply today, and Linux has had a 64-bit flavor for a = while now.  We are considering a 64-bit x86 platform for running = 10g RAC.  Yes, it probably isn't quite as buttoned down as SPARC = 64-bit, and yes 10g RAC on 64-bit Intel/AMD probably qualifies as = somewhat close to the leading edge.

All that said, does anyone here have = experience deploying on this platform?  What works / worked, what = doesn't / didn't, and do you think the platform is ready = "enough" for primetime or does it need to cook?  We are = not considering this platform for something that human lives depend on, = so a little risk is OK.  What I'm not sure of is "how = much" risk is involved at this point in time.  From what I've = seen / read / used myself, the platform is "almost" = production-ready for most conventional purposes, but with a couple of = quirks to work through.

Thoughts?

Bob

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