Re: Oracle linux vs RH Linux

From: Tim Hall <tim_at_oracle-base.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 23:33:20 +0100
Message-ID: <CAP=5zEj=E7U=MA5D4f2ooSTgNQx3fJj1ZQz4fXq6387s+-b35g_at_mail.gmail.com>

I recently went through the process of persuading my company to ditch RHEL in favour of Oracle Linux. During the process I was repeatedly asked the same questions by different people in the company, who were getting conflicting messages and FUD from people who either didn't understand what Oracle Linux was, or had a vested interest in us sticking with RHEL.

To make my life easier I wrote this FAQ:

http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/linux/oracle-linux-frequently-asked-questions.php

I then passed it to Lenz Grimmer from the Oracle Linux team to validate that what I said was true. I then pointed anyone in my company with any doubts to this doc. When vendors tried to spread FUD in an attempt to keep us on RHEL, I brought their attention to the fact that someone from the Oracle Linux Product Management Team had validated the document and the arguments stopped.

We have now moved most of our Linux installations from RHEL on physical to Oracle Linux on VMware. That includes all WebLogic servers and the Oracle database servers running on Linux. In the coming months we will have no RHEL left on site and the only databases not running on Oracle Linux will be a few running on HP-UX Itanium (shudder), until their next hardware upgrade cycle, when they will probably move the the virtual infrastructure too.

Everything is working great!

Bottom line, Oracle is written on Oracle Linux. Everything else is essentially a port. What OS are you happiest with? :)

Cheers

Tim...

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Received on Fri Aug 23 2013 - 00:33:20 CEST