[TriLUG] Oracle9i AS on Redhat9

[Jason Tower]

it's worth noting that suse enterprise linux is also oracle-certified, 
and it supports 32 32-bit cpus (and 64 64-bit cpus).

jason

On Friday 07 November 2003 11:41, Ryan Leathers wrote:
> The trouble there Joseph is that 2.1 supports only 8 CPUs and I will
> have 16 so I am eager to learn that version 3 will work.  Contacting
> Oracle so far has resulted in lots of "mights" and "probably will
> soons" but nothing firm one way or the other.
>
> On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 10:36, Joseph Tate wrote:
> > Well, according to what I understand, if you order RHEL you can run
> > either 2.1 or 3.  As for what Oracle wants, I'd stick to that to
> > the letter, otherwise Oracle Tech Support (when, *not* if, you need
> > it) will not be able to help you as well as they could otherwise. 
> > Call Oracle though and see how long it will be before they support
> > RHEL 3.  It could be a matter of weeks.
> >
> > Joseph
> >
> > Ryan Leathers wrote:
> > > Hey gang,
> > >
> > > I have been tasked with a cool project.  I get to spend a small
> > > fortune on hardare (6 systems with 16 CPUs each) where I will run
> > > Oracle9i/AS.
> > >
> > > The most recent Oracle9i/AS documentation says that if I select
> > > Redhat as my OS I need:
> > > Redhat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 2.1
> > > Kernel 2.4.9
> > > Glibc 2.2.4-25
> > >
> > > I expect that I can use newer versions of the Kernel and Glibc,
> > > but want to be sure before I place an order for RHEL 3 and find
> > > out it won't work.
> > >
> > > If anyone can offer me peace of mind through confirmation of
> > > personal experience I would owe you lunch or something :)
> > >
> > > -Ryan