Comments for DBAToolZ http://www.dbatoolz.com Lightweight Oracle DBA Tools Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:51:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on No more SUN by MVE http://www.dbatoolz.com/t/no-more-solaris-welcome-linux.html#comment-11 MVE Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:26:28 +0000 http://www.orapros.com/?p=13#comment-11 James, With linux, you have a choice for a 64bit or a 32bit OS. For the backend/RDBMS, we went with 64bit and on the middle-tiers we stayed with 32bit due to Oracle Application Server not supporting 64bit mode -- you can still run OAS on a 64bit OS but you'd have to startup OAS procs in a 32bit shell mode. These days you have very solid choices with Linux, both for OS and the hardware (I prefer HP), it's no longer the trend -- it's the reality. In fact, I will go as far as to say that if you are not on Linux, you are working much harder then you should be. With Oracle ULN backing (linux.oracle.com) Linux support just became that much more easier. I just love that "up2date oracle-validated" and in 60 seconds you have your Linux box ready for ORACLE install, just like that! Regards, - Vitaliy James,

With linux, you have a choice for a 64bit or a 32bit OS. For the backend/RDBMS, we went with 64bit and on the middle-tiers we stayed with 32bit due to Oracle Application Server not supporting 64bit mode — you can still run OAS on a 64bit OS but you’d have to startup OAS procs in a 32bit shell mode.

These days you have very solid choices with Linux, both for OS and the hardware (I prefer HP), it’s no longer the trend — it’s the reality. In fact, I will go as far as to say that if you are not on Linux, you are working much harder then you should be. With Oracle ULN backing (linux.oracle.com) Linux support just became that much more easier. I just love that “up2date oracle-validated” and in 60 seconds you have your Linux box ready for ORACLE install, just like that!

Regards,
- Vitaliy

]]> Comment on No more SUN by James http://www.dbatoolz.com/t/no-more-solaris-welcome-linux.html#comment-10 James Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:41:12 +0000 http://www.orapros.com/?p=13#comment-10 Very nice to see others adopting the Linux route. One issue though Sun offers a 64bit which allows for 64bit addressing to occur. If you go with linux that 32bit addressing is a terror unless you have an SA who isn't afraid of working the solution. It is possible to have access to all of the memory abilities of the box. I found those boxes to be very sweet and actually easily configurable. I Love sun due to the level of support I had with them. Yes they are expensive. No doubt and depending on your size if you have a good relationship with them you should look for a cheaper alternative. There was a vendor I found that actually made a faster cheaper version of any sun equipment but with the DOT com burst they didn't survive. Those machines were very sweet. Very nice to see others adopting the Linux route. One issue though Sun offers a 64bit which allows for 64bit addressing to occur. If you go with linux that 32bit addressing is a terror unless you have an SA who isn’t afraid of working the solution. It is possible to have access to all of the memory abilities of the box. I found those boxes to be very sweet and actually easily configurable. I Love sun due to the level of support I had with them. Yes they are expensive. No doubt and depending on your size if you have a good relationship with them you should look for a cheaper alternative. There was a vendor I found that actually made a faster cheaper version of any sun equipment but with the DOT com burst they didn’t survive. Those machines were very sweet.

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