We have experience numerous problems with high transaction load databases. The i/o drivers and memory drivers have proven to be unstable. The largest problem seems to occur with the memory drivers. Try running a linux database with and SGA over 1GB. We have been able to duplicate these experiences on Redhat 7.1 - 7.3, running Oracle 8.1.7.3 EE. We have better success running the 2.2 kernel. We plan on testing Redhat AS 2.1. Otherwise we may stop recommending linux boxes as oracle database servers.
A particularly bad experience was running a 200+ GB data mart on a linux box. If you are running a large production db on oracle/linux, I would really like to hear about the configuration. Thanks, -Daniel -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Daniel Harron INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
