RE: Borderline OT - Unix for Oracle at home

Besides, Oracle is not available for Solaris on Intel : >

Quoting Kevin Lange <klange_at_ppoone.com>:

> Definitely use SUN equipment if you use Solaris. Way too many
> questions
> and problems on the Solaris message boards related to getting Intel
> hardware
> to work right with solaris. Ugly.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:01 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Dan
>
> I personally run Linux/Oracle on all of my own test/dev boxes. But
> I'd like
> to vote for Solaris/Oracle.
> I would also recommand the Sun Blades, which are based on PC
> architectures
> and the advantage
> is it uses PC RAM and IDE hard drive, so it's cheaper than the Sun
> parts.
> You can get a 2GB
> of RAM from curcial for like two hundred bucks.
>
> Richard Ji
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:14 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> I am looking to add a unix box to my collection of wintel machines
> at home.
> It will be used solely for running/testing Oracle, so I don't need
> bells &
> whistles. My thoughts are either Linux/intel or Sun Ultra
> workstation. While
> it would be convenient to be able to network it into a DSL
> configuration, it
> is not essential. My original thought was a Linux desktop, but I
> can also
> get Ultra 5 or 10 workstations on ebay for less than $500.
>
> Anyone having experience good/bad/ugly for this type of task? All
> tips,
> challenges, things to consider are greatly appreciated.
>
> Dan Fink
>
>

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