[CLUE-Tech] Oracle on Linux in production?

[Mike Benavides]

Warren wrote:

>Jim Ockers <ockers at ockers.net> wrote:
>
>
> > I just don't want to get bitten by the low-endedness of the 
> > Linux architecture on this critical application.
>
>Well, I don't know if I'd characterize Linux as low-end.  I wouldn't
> even consider Windoze low-end given the right hardware.
>
>I administered 7 Oracle instances on two VA Linux boxes.  The 4 largest
> instances were between 40GB and 70GB and all ran 24 hrs/day for the
> whole year I was there without a hiccup.  Well, maybe I took them down
> once or twice, but no crashes.
>
>The boxes were dual- 600Mhz Pentium III boxes each with a RAID5 disk
> array and ran RH6.0.
>
>
> > ...and you can't copy more than 2GB files to or from any NFSv2 
> > software.
>
>The 2GB limit on database file size was a big hemorrhoid, but I'm
> pretty sure that limitation was eliminated in kernel 2.4.  In fact, I
> think you could re-compile it out of 2.2.
>
> --
>
> </W>
>_______________________________________________
>CLUE-Tech mailing list
>CLUE-Tech at clue.denver.co.us
>http://clue.denver.co.us/mailman/listinfo/clue-tech
>
Larry Ellison is throwing his weight behind the Open Source movement by 
anouncing that Linux will run Oracle as most favored OS within the 
Company.  What does this mean?  The customers are asking for Linux in 
the datacenter area..... This is good for you and me.  More money for 
development tools and Middleware.  

Mike Benavides