RE: Borderline OT - Unix for Oracle at home

Well, Sun Blade runs Solaris for Sparc, not Solaris for Intel.

$uname -a
SunOS neptune 5.8 Generic_108528-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100

It's just other components are more PC based, such as Memory etc. And I don't see any problems with PC components, because that's what Sun uses too. We have, and many others has upgraded Blade with bigger IDE drives and PC memeory. If you check crucial web site, they sell memory for Sun Blade lines.

That's why I favor it over Intel/Linux, because you get a Sparc box and can take advantage of cheap Intel components.

Richard Ji

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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
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>
>
> 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
>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:14 AM
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>
>
> 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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