Dave, SuSE was the first Linux/390 distribution that Oracle tested on. Red Hat did their own testing after that. I would have to think they both would work about the same. I would look more at support, support terms and conditions and costs, rather than questions such as this.
I'm much less certain about the s390x architecture than the s390 one. You might want to run that for a while on a test image before you start moving even semi-production work to it. I would go with SLES8 if it were me. But again, I would do some serious testing to make sure nothing serious broke between SLES7 and SLES8. >From my understanding, Oracle isn't cheap on any CPU, let alone a z800 IFL. I'm afraid I can't really help you there. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Dave Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 11:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SuSE SLES8 for zSeries (vs Redhat) I'll be making a decision on SuSE or Redhat for our first "semi-production" work on S/390 linux in January. Couple of questions: 1. Which dist will play better for puttin up Oracle dbases? 2. Should I go with 64bit across the board on my new z800 IFL? (Even for our linux routers and smaller servers?) 3. Should I go with this new SLES8 if we go with SuSE. 4. I know the support cost issues for the two platforms, but does anyone know what the approx. cost will be for Oracle on one z800 IFL ?? Tia Dave
