Re: Multiple 10g instances (standard edition) one machine / resource allocation

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From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:35:01 -0700
Message-ID: <1188956093.378423@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

Preston wrote:
> jeremy wrote:
>

>> On Sep 4, 5:37 pm, "Preston" <dontwant..._at_nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>>> jeremy wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can see that Oracle does not support installation of its
>>>> products on VMWARE
>>>> (see
>>>> https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=130:14:899382291380
>>>> 8118
>>>> 385::::p14_database_id,p14_docid,p14_show_header,p14_show_help,p14
>>>> _bla ck_frame,p14_font:NOT,249212.1,1,1,0,helvetica )
>>> http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/obe10gdb_vmware/index.html
>>>
>>> Compare & contrast.
>>>
>>> Also http://www.vmware.com/partners/alliances/technology/oracle.html
>> Yup seen both of those pages today.... it is bewildering really isn't
>> it.

>
> It does rather smack of 'do as we say, not as we do'. I really don't
> see how Oracle can have a 'global technology alliance' with VMWare, yet
> explicitly state they won't support it. Bewildering indeed.

It makes perfect sense to me.

Oracle support, for that matter any technology support, requires that the vendor be able to recreate the customer's environment. It is possible for Oracle to have Win 2K, WinXP, WinVista, Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, and other standard environments available to their support team. There is no way Oracle can have canned virtual environments available. It is the same issue with Solaris Containers.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
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Received on Tue Sep 04 2007 - 20:35:01 CDT