Re: 9.2.0.4 Redhat AS vs HP-UX 11i vs Windows

Hi Domenic

The main issue with Oracle on Linux and the cause of all the posts is that Oracle only certify on the 'commercial' versions of Linux (eg Redhat Enterprise, SUSE Enterprise etc.). Many of the posts relate to people running the 'retail' or free Linux versions (Debian, Redhat 8, Redhat 9 etc.).

The 'commercial' versions of Linux being more conservative and slower moving (intentionally in order to achieve stability) and tend to be back on older versions of the kernel, glibc and other important things.

So for a production system you would want to use a 'commercial' Linux distribution and probably pay for support too. One other thing to be aware of (and check in case it has changed) with Oracle on Linux is that Oracle posted a notice a while back saying that customers who had rebuilt their own kernel would need to prove a problem also existed in the stock kernel too.

As an aside, most of the certified 'commercial' distros are based on the 2.2 kernel but the new Redhat Enterprise 3.0 has been certified and is based on 2.4. So if you want a more up-to-date distribution that is certified this may be the one to go for.

As such information is ever changing I would check the certification matrix on Metalink, browse the technotes for any further updates and look at the Linux forum on OTN here
http://otn.oracle.com/tech/linux/index.html .

As far as equivalents to SAM go, in addition to the distro's own admin tools, there is the generic webmin (www.webmin.com) plus GNOME and KDE have a number of sys admin related apps too. So it is all there (and more) but is just a matter of finding it!

KJP Domenic G. wrote:

> I'm trying to put together a document for my boss listing the pros and
> cons of Oracle on Windows vs. Oracle on Linux.
>
> I've seen at least one benchmark demonstrate a 40% performance
> improvment on Linux (vs. Windows) using identical hardware. The only
> thing that worries me about Linux is I've seen a lot of posts here
> recently where people have had enormous trouble just installing the
> thing (and had to start changing files, etc.).
>
> I've installed on Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX in the past and never really
> had any major problems other than getting root access. If anyone here
> is using Linux, I'm curious at to whether you have problems with the
> Oracle Management Server, Intelligent Agent, running OEM on Linux,
> etc. It's these little things that get you. Any known problems with
> certain Linux desktop environments?
>
> I don't want to recommend it only to find later on that I shot myself
> in the foot. Is there anything like HP-UX's SAM on Linux?
>
> Thanks in advance .../Dom.
Received on Thu Nov 13 2003 - 22:06:43 CST