Re: Linux Flavour for Oracle 9i

Howard J. Rogers wrote:

> The game here is to help enlighten everyone, not to point out flaws. I
> hope the last word will actually be yours, because I for one don't
> understand the subtleties between an AS and and ES...

The difference between RH 2.1 and 3 is similar to Oracle 8 vs 9i. Newer technology, etc. RedHat tries to release on an 12-18 month schedule with patches to keep the basic product stable but not change the design concept.

The difference between EL and AS attempts to be similar to the difference between Oracle Standard and Enterprise, but is closer to the difference between Standard-One and Standard. From http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/comparison/

AS can be used on systems up to 16 CPUs. EL can be used on systems up to 2 CPUs.

At one time, I believe there were also different admin modules. And of course, there is a huge difference in available support prices. On the comparison chart, you can drill into more detail, but the details all seem a lot closer between EL and AS than they did back in 2.1

BTW - similar thing for SuSE ... SuSE Linux _Standard_ Edition for 1-4 CPU machines and SuSE Linux _Enterprise_ Edition (SLES) for up to 16 CPU. (Although they to have been renaming)

/Hans Received on Sat Nov 13 2004 - 07:54:13 CST