Re: [MLUG] Redhat and Oracle

[Jason McIntosh <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I've been working with Oracle and RedHat or other Linux systems for the last
three years.  A few notes:

Oracle for the most part installs on RedHat fine.  There's one configuration
change (which may have been fixed in 9.2.0.1 or whatever release they're on)
which deals with the genclntsh.sh script, which generates library files.
Anyway, 7.3 works fine, I've got/had 8.0 working fine, Gentoo is working
fine, and I've got SuSE 7.something working with Oracle 9i.  Most Linux
distros work fine with Oracle 9i.

The trick to all of this of course is working versus supported.  SuSE by far
seems to be the best for supported Oracle configurations.  They've got a
pretty good system built for Oracle, with default oracle accounts built in,
a very active support base for Oracle, etc.  Plus, almost all the SuSE
distros are certified in some way.

Either way, you are going to be paying for support, if you go the enterprise
route.  Of course, that depends on how much support you need, which systems
you're more familiar with, etc.  For a more "supported" distro, I'd look at
the SuSE route.  If you prefer RedHat systems, they do work as well, just
not as actively supported as SuSE.
http://www.suse.com/us/business/certifications/certified_software/oracle/
The above link has more information on SuSE and Oracle.
http://www.redhat.com/oracle/
For RedHat and oracle information.

A last note, there's an email list
"EMAIL:PROTECTED" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
That has some REALLY good people on it.  To subscribe, I think you just need
to go to fatcity.com and create an account.  I'd highly recommend this list
for really technical oracle questions on Linux based systems.

Please feel free to drop me an email if you want more information about
Oracle and Linux configurations, setup, etc.  Or any Oracle question for
that matter.

Regards,
Jason McIntosh


On 12/8/02 11:49 AM, "Rick Buford" <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:

> I've found very few "real" differences between AS and plain 7.3. I was
> more than happy to push for buying some real licenses, but quite
> honetly, I had to undo a lot of small things to get my non-shared
> storage cluster running. It would have been far easier to start with
> plain 7.3 and build onto it.
> 
> However, all I'm clustering are services (DNS, etc.) and don't require
> shared storage. If you need that functionality, I think AS would be
> perfect for you. The other thing to keep in mind is that Oracle
> certification on a platform becomes pretty critical when you're trying
> to get support from Oracle.
> 
> Rick
> 
> Hancock Jr, Denis C. wrote:
> 
>> We will be trying out Oracle on Redhat Linux in the very near future,
>> and the information I see on the Oracle site is that 9i is only
>> certified to work with Redhat Advanced Server 2.1 (8i I think was
>> certified on 7.2).
>> 
>> Is anyone using Oracle 9i on a Redhat 7.3 platform?  Is Advanced Server
>> 2.1 worth the additional cost? Has anyone installed it on a laptop (for
>> developmental and demonstration uses)?
>> 
>> Sybase certifications are like "stable" releases -- it will PROBABLY
>> work on a newly release upgrade to the OS, but technical support will
>> expect you to downgrade if there are issues that they can't resolve
>> quickly.
>> 
>> I am hoping the Oracle has a similar approach to certifications.
>> 
>> -----
>> Denis Hancock, Database Administrator
>> Maize Genome Database
>> 213 Curtis Hall, University of Missouri
>> Columbia  MO 65211
>> 
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