I wasn't aware that SLES8 had been announced for S/390. When did that happen? When is it GA?
"If Paradise Lost had been written by a system administrator, it would have had the sequel 'Paradise Restored from Backup'." Gordon Wolfe, Ph. D. (425)865-5940 VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: Post, Mark K > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SuSE SLES8 for zSeries (vs Redhat) > > 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 > >
