Re: Viability of OL 9.x and OpenELA

Hi Jared,

Thanks for resurrecting  this thread!  We use a mix of RHEL and OL here, with OL primarily on Exadata and other servers hosting Oracle databases.  I have confidence that Oracle will continue to produce a RHEL compatible OS that runs their RDBMS and other applications effectively.

My concern is for our few other servers that are running OL with non-Oracle workloads and whether OpenELA will be able to maintain a bug-for-bug compatible code base, particularly over major releases such as RHEL 10.

Regards,
Doug

On 8/12/2024 9:03 AM, Jared Still wrote:
> I was browsing Oracle-L and saw this has no replies.
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> Perhaps you could better explain your concerns.
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> For instance, what is meant by "future reverse-engineered versions of OL"
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> On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 9:25 AM dougk5 <dougk5_at_cox.net> wrote:
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> We will soon need to upgrade and/or replace several servers
> currently running OL7.9 that are nearing EOL.  My question is twofold:
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> 1.  Upgrade to OL 8.10 or to 9.x?  In theory 9.x would have a
> longer supported live span, however...
> 2.  What is the viability of OpenELA and future reverse-engineered
> versions of OL?  Should I cut my losses and move from OL to RHEL 9
> now?
>
> Interested in your opinions on this matter.
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> Regards,
> Doug
>

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