Re: 10g RAC design options

Rodrick Brown wrote:

> I'm strongly looking to go with a 4 Node 4-way x86 server w/8GB of memory
> from either Sun or IBM, Sun is currently shipping Opterons which are 64bit
> but I'm not sure if Linux would be a better option is 64bit Linux ready for
> primetime? What is the status of Oracle 10g RAC on 64bit x86 Solaris?

I hate Solaris. Honestly think it is a piece of crap and one of the worse Unix flavours I've ever worked with (have worked with others like Sinix, Irix, Reliant, HP-UX and Linux). I prefer Linux for numerous reasons with HP-UX second (and only because of HP's Glance ;-).

But that's mostly a personal opinion and as relevant as personal opinions go.

However, we have purchased 36 V20z (Sun's AMD dual Opeteron blades) for a mix of RAC and single nodes, running Linux and 10G. Comparing 2 V20z's with a single V440 (4 CPU) and the AMDs not only kick nuts and stomp balls, but is a heck of a lot cheaper too.

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Billy