It's more a decision of what competence/already installed on x86 you have and the money ! The license can differ a lot depending on current agreement and so on. They work equally good at this point.
We have SLES due to better support and docs when we started back in 2001. ___________________________________________ Tore Agblad Volvo Information Technology Infrastructure Mainframe Design & Development, Linux servers Dept 4352 DA1S SE-405 08, Gothenburg Sweden Telephone: +46-31-3233569 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.volvo.com/volvoit/global/en-gb/ -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Melancon, Ruddy Sent: den 21 december 2010 15:46 To: [email protected] Subject: Linux preferences I am getting started in the use of zVM and zLinux. I have purchased a license for SLES and have also installed Red Hat under test for an Oracle database. Everything I have installed is currently under test. We are looking at revamping what we have. I would like to pose a few questions. There is the prospect of Novell being purchased by Attachmate. I understand that in the past SLES has been more responsive to the x390 platform. If you were just starting out, would you use Red Hat instead of SLES?? Are there other more pressing reasons to choose one over the other?? The Oracle DBA indicates that Oracle is easier to implement under Red Hat. How hard would it be to manage both distributions?? Ruddy A. Melancon IT Systems Specialist, Senior Alabama Department of Transportation 334-353-6323 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
