[TriLUG] Question: Oracle on Linux?

[Magnus]

On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 01:57 PM, RALPH GILL wrote:

> • 	Hey gang,
>
> I was wondering if people had any information on Oracle being served 
> up on Linux. I work for a company that is looking at switching from 
> their present systems to Linux. I would also like to know if anyone 
> has any Pro's or Con's about Oracle 9i systems on Linux? Is there a 
> better version to use, has anyone had experience with migration of 
> older DB's to Oracle?

Pro: It runs like a bat out of hades.
Con: Disk I/O is weak if you're used to running it on top of 
Veritas/Solaris

There are a number of howto's out there, which you would be wise to 
read and understand /before/ you try and install it.

We're running Oracle on four IBM x345 servers, RAID 0+1, RHAS 2.1 and 
it is very fast indeed.  Funny thing is it runs even faster under Red 
Hat Linux 7.3 but the PHB's want to make sure that we're running on a 
"supported" combination of hardware & software, thus necessitating the 
use of RHAS.

> Whatever assistance or information can be offered please send a reply 
> or a direct email to rpgj at hotmail.com

Posts to the lists generally get replies on the list, especially when 
the replies could be useful to others.

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C. Magnus Hedemark
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