Re: Oracle-Linux News

A CD with Redhat Linux Advanced Server can be had for $60 (developer's license, search google). This will have no support (or little support) from RedHat, so check if Oracle is gonna support such developer's license. It seems like they should since you are running the correct version of the RedHat.
And if you do not mind messing around, you can even get RHAS sources and compile kernel and other relevant libraries and claim that you're in fact running RHAS kernel.
Otherwise just buy the full support and you'll always have somebody to blame :-)

 Konstantin Kudin

Jeremy Smith <alceste_at_xmission.xmission.com> wrote in message news:<b2ee5e$hat$2_at_terabinaries.xmission.com>...
> > I'm sure most people have never actually sat down and read an Oracle
> > license agreement, myself included, but I was informed by Oracle today
> > that the license agreement for Oracle on Linux specifically includes
> > support for Red Hat Linux. A TAR can be opened for issues related to
> > both the database and the operating system.
>
> One key here, I believe, is that it includes support for _only_ Redhat Linux
> Advanced Server, Redhat's offering that includes commercial support, kernel
> tweaks specifically for Oracle and like software, and some tools for clustering,
> etc that are not available in the regular releases. It's also been much
> more heavily tested than most other Linux versions.
>
> As far as I can tell from cursory examination, RedHat AS2.1 is essentially
> Redhat 7.2 plus the above enhancements.
>
> This isn't a complaint, but people must be aware that they won't support
> any old downloaded-iso version of Redhat.
>
> Likewise, I believe Redhat will help you with Oracle issues as well to the
> extent they can.
>
> Jer Smith
Received on Wed Feb 12 2003 - 22:33:08 CST