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

Chuck <ccarson_at_echeeba.com> wrote in message news:<3E6E2790.3070803_at_echeeba.com>...
> Richard wrote:
> > 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,
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > "Frank" <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message
> > news:3E6CC69A.9020500_at_netscape.net...
> >
> >>Richard wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'm considering installing Oracle 9.2 on a Dell PowerEdge 2600 server
> >>>running Red Hat Linux 7.1. Does anybody have any opinions on this
> >>>combination? If so, I'd be interested to hear from you.
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>
> >>>Richard
> >>
> >>Don't - use a certified, or at least tried and proven
> >>combination. RH7.3 would be the latter, RHAS2.1 the
> >>first.
> >>
> >>Regards, Frank van Bortel
>
> I would suggest SuSE Linux instead of Red Hat. Oracle has been
> historically much more stable on SuSE and if you talk to any oracle
> developers (as in software engineers) they will unofficially claim the
> same thing. My last company also did extensive research when selecting a
> linux replacement for an SGI based product and found that Oracle on SuSE
> had much better results with large memory implementations. (And this was
> a company designing clinical patient charting systems so a very thorough
> and rigorous testing process was done)
>
> I used to be a big fan of Red Hat but switched to SuSE about 4 years ago
> and it remains my personal choice. I still have to support Red Hat in my
> current enterprise, and it seems every release of Red Hat requires
> 'jerry-rigging' to get oracle properly installed.
>
> SuSE has installed and operated flawlessly on every release I have used.
>
> The hardware should not be a problem, although I have heard that the Red
> Hat installation kernel-panics on some Dell poweredge servers.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> -CC

Ever since the abomination that RedHat 7.0 was - I've used SuSE. I've been off of it for awhile, but the suse-oracle mailing list was good, and SuSE had 3 developers at Redwood Shores when RedHat had none. The SuSE developers were active on the oracle-linux-l on fatcity also.

But - with the marketing coup that was pulled off by Oracle/RedHat/Dell, it appears that if you want pre-installed leenucks in the US, you hafta deal with RedHat again, although Compaq^H^H^H^H^H^H HP is still shipping SuSE pre-installed on its Proliant servers.

The RAID controllers on the Dell PE 2300 line weren't the best by any means. Its a good idea to upgrade firmware and to multiplex the online redo logs across multiple controllers, but the the controllers are the same model, and you have a driver issue, multiplexing may not help.

nothing significant, just an opinion.

Paul Received on Fri Mar 14 2003 - 00:27:30 CST