Oracle-L: RE: Borderline OT - Unix for Oracle at home

From: Orr, Steve <sorr_at_rightnow.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:07:44 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0053FA33.20030130130744@fatcity.com>

I recommend you get it all...

You shouldn't have to have a personal Solaris box just to test work stuff as damagement should give you resources. But if you're looking for career learning and want to gain solaris admin skills then that could be a way to go. But Linux is definitely the future... No flames please. ;-)

You can do lot's of cool stuff with Linux like providing NAT, Firewall, bridge services for a "free" or low cost WiFI neighborhood DSL broadband sharing network with web and email services. If you have a collection of windoze machines you could get something like VMware and run Linux as the primary or secondary O/S. That way you can have everything which is my recommendation. No need to be constrained by things like budgets. :-)

Steve Orr

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:14 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

--

Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net
--

Author: Orr, Steve
INET: sorr_at_rightnow.com

Fat City Network Services    -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com
San Diego, California        -- Mailing list and web hosting services
---------------------------------------------------------------------

To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). Received on Thu Jan 30 2003 - 15:07:44 CST