RE: UNIX versus Linux

[Jamey Poirier]

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Tru64 version 5.x has some very nice system management enhancements as well.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Feldman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 1:07 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: UNIX versus Linux

I would be partial to using a Tru64 Unix platform for Oracle. There used to be some performance advantages of a commercial Unix over Linux, but I don't think that is entirely true at this time. Although I am personally more familiar with Tru64 Unix than the other commercial Unixes, my experiences with both Solaris and HP-UX over the past few years still leave me to believe that Tru64 is the best solution for a large enterprise database backend, with Linux filling in other areas.

On 23 Jun 2000, at 12:39, Dave hardy wrote:

This is somewhat off-topic, but if I may be permitted a newbie's indulgence:



Although a prior VMS/NT guy, I am evidently going to have some input as to which o.s. to run on a new server that will be handing a large Oracle database. The decision is whether to use UNIX, commercial or otherwise, or one of the Linux flavors. The vendor doing the initial install and database merge with proprietary s.w. clearly favors and will support Sun's UNIX. Anything else and they will incrementally back off supporting it.



Another factor is that there is currently no one in house with UNIX or Linux expertise and at least one of the techies here would have to get ramped-up training very soon.



I'd be very interested in any thoughts folks in this group may have, as to preferences for either UNIX or Linux, and any particular flavors of either one.



Thanks much for your consideration.



Dave

Vermont Health Care Administration

89 Main Street

Montpelier, VT 05602

ishca.state.vt.us"[EMAIL PROTECTED].

 P.S. I thoroughly enjoyed the discussion of root passwords over the last day or so, quite interesting and informative.





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