RE: Borderline OT - Unix for Oracle at home

[Kevin Lange]

Definitely use SUN equipment if you use Solaris.   Way too many questions and problems on the Solaris message boards related to getting Intel hardware to work right with solaris.   Ugly.

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Ji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:01 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: Borderline OT - Unix for Oracle at home

Dan

 

I personally run Linux/Oracle on all of my own test/dev boxes.  But I'd like to vote for Solaris/Oracle.

I would also recommand the Sun Blades, which are based on PC architectures and the advantage

is it uses PC RAM and IDE hard drive, so it's cheaper than the Sun parts.  You can get a 2GB

of RAM from curcial for like two hundred bucks.

 

Richard Ji

-----Original Message-----
From: Fink, Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:14 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Borderline OT - Unix for Oracle at home

I am looking to add a unix box to my collection of wintel machines at home. It will be used solely for running/testing Oracle, so I don't need bells & whistles. My thoughts are either Linux/intel or Sun Ultra workstation. While it would be convenient to be able to network it into a DSL configuration, it is not essential. My original thought was a Linux desktop, but I can also get Ultra 5 or 10 workstations on ebay for less than $500.

 

Anyone having experience good/bad/ugly for this type of task? All tips, challenges, things to consider are greatly appreciated.

 

Dan Fink