Re: Oracle on a Dell/Linux platform - any opinions?

Karsten Farrell wrote:

> howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au said...
> > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 21:02:58 +0000, Rauf Sarwar wrote:
> >
> > > "Richard" <qaz1521_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<b4j3pl$1pa$1$8300dec7_at_news.demon.co.uk>...
> > >> Frank,
> > >>
> > >> Many thanks for your response.
> > >>
> > >> I have a very limited knowledge of Linux so I may well be wrong but I
> > >> thought Oracle was only certified on Red Hat 7.1 and Advanced Server 2.1.
> > >> Is there a problem running 7.1 on Dell servers?
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > I recently installed Oracle 9i R2 on RH7.3 without any problems.
> > > Oracle's official certification means that if you ever call them for
> > > support with database running on a non-certified platform, they will
> > > just hang up on you.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > /Rauf Sarwar
> >
> >
> > Agreed. I am pleased to report 9iR2 roaring along on both Madrake 9 and
> > Red Hat 8.0 here. But I wouldn't even dream of ringing up Oracle support
> > for so much as a piece of toast.
> >
> > That's what newsgroups are for!
> >
> > Regards
> > HJR
> >
> Does Oracle still accept phone calls? The last time I tried, they said
> to fill out an iTAR instead and they'd get back to me. In other words,
> "don't call us; we'll call you." But that works, so I can't complain ...
> much.
> --
> /Karsten
> DBA > retired > DBA

They do though they discourage it except with bloody screaming hair and teeth on the walls production outages.

Daniel Morgan Received on Tue Mar 11 2003 - 11:03:23 CST