oracle -Linux

[prodadmin]

Hi ,

Pls post your views for the following questions

1/Which version of linux(7.2 or 7.3 or 8 or if any latest) best for ORACLE 9i

2/can We run the Oracle server on linux and run all my clients on windows platforms( i am sure 90% possibale, may be i wrong) or do i need to change any thing to app which will run using the client , if i moving to Linux platform



thank you for the time

[mike2000]

Originally posted by prodadmin
Hi ,

Pls post your views for the following questions

2/can We run the Oracle server on linux and run all my clients on windows platforms( i am sure 90% possibale, may be i wrong) or do i need to change any thing to app which will run using the client , if i moving to Linux platform



thank you for the time

1/Which version of linux(7.2 or 7.3 or 8 or if any latest) best for ORACLE 9i

none of these versions are certified with 9i so you don't want to run your production on these environment. I have Linux 7.3 running with Oracle 9.2.0.3 and it's running fine but again NO SUPPORT


2/can We run the Oracle server on linux and run all my clients on windows platforms( i am sure 90% possibale, may be i wrong) or do i need to change any thing to app which will run using the client , if i moving to Linux platform

you definitely can

[prodadmin]

Thanks for the reply.

Then which version of linux is Oracle supporting and how it differes from regular linux(if any different)

[oddster]

Oracle 9.0.1 EE is certified on:

SuSE 7.2
SuSE 7.1

Red Hat 7.1


Brgds,

Andy

[hacketta1]

If you want to use the most recent version of 9i (Release 9.2) then certified platforms are (from MetaLink 'Certify and Availability'):

UnitedLinux 1.0
SuSE SLES7
RedFlag DC Server 4.0 (China-HongKong only)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 2.1
Monta Vista Carrier Grade Linux 3.0 (Embedded)