Re:RE: OFF-TOPIC linux-oracle or solaris-oracle

From: <dgoulet_at_vicr.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:01:27 -0500
Message-Id: <10751.127376@fatcity.com>

HUMMMM, Very interesting. I originally came from a VAX/VMS environment so HP-UX was pretty foreign, but now I really don't mind it. Linux on the other hand is pretty cheap, simple, robust, well documented, etc..... Not a bad learning platform for at home. Therefore comes the question, which do you learn? In this case I'd recommend Linux. Oracle is Oracle regardless of the platform as long as one remembers the little quirks involved like it's '/' in UNIX vs. '\' in Windows. Also all UNIX's have a common core of commands that need to be remembered. 'ls -al' gives one a directory of the current area in HP-UX, Linux, Sun OS, Compaq Tru64, etc... Sure HP has the 'll' shortcut, but an alias fixes that if needed. So to Bunyamin's original question, go with RedHat.

Dick Goulet

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Subject: RE: OFF-TOPIC linux-oracle or solaris-oracle Author: Adam Turner <ATurner_at_concreteinc.com> Date: 1/24/2001 7:56 AM

This is an interesting debate. In the short term Solaris and Oracle are joined at the hip. recently however Redhat released their 6.2 version that supports Oracle 8i. redhat7.0 does not support Oracle 8i due to the GLIBC version. If I were doing this to make myself a well rounded oracle geek I would go with Redhat (I've got Solaris 8, Redhat 6.2, NT, and soon 2000 Oracle installs now). You can set it up at home for significantly less money than a Solaris install. If you are looking to move into a high end Oracle shop now then go with Solaris - especially if you have a Solaris install to play with.

I personally feel that Linux is going to cream Solaris over the next few years, but it will take some time to gain credibility for Enterprise Oracle installs.

adam

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Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 8:41 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I will learn linux or solaris . And I will setup my oracle databases to linux or oracle then. I want to learn one of them but Which one ?

Which is widely used with oracle? I see lots of emails on solaris here. But the people around me suggest linux .

And which linux is most close to sun-solaris..Red Hat or Slackware( best performance as some say)

If I work on linux-oracle , will it be easy to pass to solaris-oracle in a few days.?

                 TIA
        Bunyamin Karadeniz        
         

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is an interesting debate.  In the short term Solaris and Oracle are joined at the hip.  recently however Redhat released their 6.2 version that supports Oracle 8i.  redhat7.0 does not support Oracle 8i due to the GLIBC version.  If I were doing this to make myself a well rounded oracle geek I would go with Redhat (I've got Solaris 8, Redhat 6.2, NT, and soon 2000 Oracle installs now).  You can set it up at home for significantly less money than

a Solaris install.  If you are looking to move into a high end Oracle shop now then go with Solaris - especially if you have a Solaris install to play with.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>

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personally feel that Linux is going to cream Solaris over the next few years, but it will take some time to gain credibility for Enterprise Oracle installs.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>

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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Bunyamin K.Karadeniz [mailto:bunyamink_at_havelsan.com.tr]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 24, 2001

  8:41 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L<BR><B>Subject:</B>   OFF-TOPIC linux-oracle or solaris-oracle<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>      I will learn
  linux or solaris . And I will setup my oracle databases to linux or oracle   then. I want to learn one of them but Which one ? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>     Which is widely used
  with oracle? I see lots of emails on solaris here. But the people around   me suggest linux .  </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>     And which linux is most
  close to sun-solaris..Red Hat or Slackware( best performance as some   say)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>      If I work on
  linux-oracle , will it be easy to pass to solaris-oracle  in a few   days.?</FONT></DIV>
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  TIA</FONT></DIV>
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  Bunyamin Karadeniz        </FONT></DIV>
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