Re: Linux Flavour for Oracle 9i

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:13:22 +1100
Message-ID: <4198b983$0$27991$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

Matt wrote:

>>There comes a point where "mature" is merely a synonym for "obsolete" 
>>(and I speak as someone past 40, so I know what I'm on about!).
>>
>>I quite liked 2.1, but it's scarily out of date, and I would go 3 every 
>>time (bearing in mind that 4 is just around the corner). You say 
>>elsewhere that the installation onto 3 is a pain in the bottom... true, 
>>but only for 9i (which I realise is in the thread subject, so is 
>>probably quite important...). With 10g, it merely involves inserting CD 
>>and praying just gently to the Heavens. No major dramas at all.
>>
>>So, yeah.... mature is as geriatrics does.
>>

>
>
> OK - sounds good to me.... v3 it is.
>
> 9i is our current version, and 10g is not certified with our ERP
> software (Peoplesoft...!). So it will be 9i for at least the near
> future.
>
> But I will probably upgrade my RMAN catalog and OEM architecture to
> 10g which apparantly has a load more 'attractive' features. Until now
> I've always resorted to command line admin but since things are
> getting more and more complicated and init.ora parms have multitudes
> of combinations (e.g. LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_N) OEM is becoming a real
> option.

Nothing that LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST can't give you, assuming your needs are modest... Oracle may "deprecate" the old parameters unless you have the Enterprise Edition, but sensible people, even with the EE, know that the old parameters work just fine to a certain level of functionality... and if your business needs lie within that certain level, there's no real need to venture forth into _n territory.

So yes, 10g is attractive, as one would expect of 9i Release 3. But nothing compulsively compelling without your wits about you. As ever, it is a question of matching the business need with the technological offering. 9i R2 isn't suddenly crap just because 10g hoves into view. But 10g's not hopeless just because 9i is functional, either.

> My challenge now is to convince management to ditch all of our Windows
> based databases in favour of the Penguin...!

That one is so much easier to argue! Try a 20% improvement in speed on the exact same hardware. Or "no dictatorial software vendor granting amnesties to companies that refuse to upgrade as if they were the supreme court". The only minus the penguin has is that a lot of software won't work with it. But choose your hardware wisely in the first place, and it's a non-issue.

Regards
HJR
> Should be fun...
>
> Cheers
>
> Matt
Received on Mon Nov 15 2004 - 08:13:22 CST