[SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba
Hi all! Can anyone confirm whether Oracle 9i running under Windows will work if it's DB files are stored on a samba share? I have to try and run Mincom's Minescape under Windows but want the data and DB shared via Samba. TIAs -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008, Simon Wong wrote: Hi all! Can anyone confirm whether Oracle 9i running under Windows will work if it's DB files are stored on a samba share? I have to try and run Mincom's Minescape under Windows but want the data and DB shared via Samba. .. why do you think this would be a good idea? Adrian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7 Micro Laptop
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Martin Visser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Martin Visser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to fill. I'd be pretty confident that they other main vendors will be quickly trying to come up with competition. (And no, even though I And here they come marching: http://www.everex.com/ And right on cue, here comes my employer's eeePC killer - http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/hps-umpc-2133-revealed/ You have to wonder though whether in 10 years we have really come that far - http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=233 . The sub-notebook category all but dissappeared and now it seems to be back with a vengeance. If it hasn't been mentioned yet, the General Talk at tomorrow's SLUG meeting will be all about these kinds of devices :) http://www.slug.org.au/node/90 -- Need to fork out $$$ for the next software upgrade? Break the cycle! http://www.linux.org.au/linux signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Open source Requirements Tools
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Marghanita da Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While Wikis and Mailing lists seem to be the tools that power open source software development - has anyone come across more purpose specific tools? Not all Wikis are built alike :) We've been delving more into Xwiki as of late. It's an enterprise-focused wiki platform with strong scripting capabilities for building functions and providing integration with other tools. -- We don't have the user-centricity. Until we understand context, which is way beyond presence - presence is the most trivial notion of context. - Bill Gates, July 2002 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] ADSL modem recommendations (with bridging)
Hi all, I've been banging my head against my adsl modem and I wondering if it might not just be easier/cheaper to replace it with something better. Can anybody recommend an ADSL modem that does up to an including ADSL2+, is Linux friendly and easy to set up in bridging or half bridging mode? It would also be nice if the adminstrative functions were still accessible when it is in bridging mode. Cheers, Erik -- - Erik de Castro Lopo - Fifty years of programming language research, and we end up with C++ ??? --Richard A. O'Keefe -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ADSL modem recommendations (with bridging)
On 28/02/2008, Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been banging my head against my adsl modem and I wondering if it might not just be easier/cheaper to replace it with something better. Can anybody recommend an ADSL modem that does up to an including ADSL2+, is Linux friendly and easy to set up in bridging or half bridging mode? It would also be nice if the adminstrative functions were still accessible when it is in bridging mode. I've been using a Thompson SpeedTouch 536 in straight bridge mode in front of a WRT54GL (OpenWrt) with the WRT handling the pppoe dialing but your modem should handle it in bridge mode OK. When you switch to bridge mode you usually lose administrative access to the modem. I haven't played with half bridging so not much help there. This is with Bigpong and it needs the pppoe username and password. You could try seeing if it works in gateway? mode before switching to bridge? With this modem in gateway mode it has a fairly good CLI. Tony -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Open source Requirements Tools
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Marghanita da Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While Wikis and Mailing lists seem to be the tools that power open source software development - has anyone come across more purpose specific tools? Not all Wikis are built alike :) We've been delving more into Xwiki as of late. It's an enterprise-focused wiki platform with strong scripting capabilities for building functions and providing integration with other tools. My wish list was a graphical representation of requirements, tracking, prioritisation and scheduling, costing and a web accessible (not requiring an additional app to view)and slides for presentations. Something that was familiar to business and developers. The problem with many of the tools is everyone seems to need to be an expert in the tool as well as analysing business requirements and translating into ICT solutions. The open source attraction was for refinement. Has anyone had any experience of Open Source Requirements Management Tool 1.5 (Default) http://freshmeat.net/projects/osrmt/?branch_id=64576release_id=250323 Marghanita -- Marghanita da Cruz http://www.ramin.com.au Phone: (+61)0414 869202 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7 Micro Laptop
snip If it hasn't been mentioned yet, the General Talk at tomorrow's SLUG meeting will be all about these kinds of devices :) http://www.slug.org.au/node/90 Has anyone has experience with the video conferencing on the EEEPC? There is someone (with a EEEPC) who would like to attend remotely. Marghanita -- Marghanita da Cruz http://www.ramin.com.au Phone: (+61)0414 869202 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Open source Requirements Tools
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 08:44 +1100, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: My wish list was a graphical representation of requirements, tracking, prioritisation and scheduling, costing and a web accessible (not requiring an additional app to view)and slides for presentations. Hi Marghanita, It's not open source, but have you checked out Mingle by ThoughtWorks studios. It's an agile software design tool and would seem to support some of the requirements you identify. In conjunction with open-source tools like a wiki and Trac (or a trac-like tool) it might get you a long way. http://studios.thoughtworks.com/mingle-project-intelligence It's written in Ruby on Rails (runs under JRuby) and is free (cost) to use for small development teams. HTH. Dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:04 +0900, Adrian Chadd wrote: Can anyone confirm whether Oracle 9i running under Windows will work if it's DB files are stored on a samba share? I have to try and run Mincom's Minescape under Windows but want the data and DB shared via Samba. .. why do you think this would be a good idea? because the instance of Windows will be running under VMware server (or Workstation) and I like to keep the data outside the VM where it can also be shared with other instances of the app. What are you thinking? -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ADSL modem recommendations (with bridging)
Hey hey. On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 23:11 +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Can anybody recommend an ADSL modem that does up to an including ADSL2+, is Linux friendly and easy to set up in bridging or half bridging mode? It would also be nice if the adminstrative functions were still accessible when it is in bridging mode. I have a D-Link DSL-502T, which is a couple of years old by now. It had a lot of problems with Linux clients when it was running as a gateway - the Linux resolver just didn't play nicely with its name service. But I'm using it in full bridge mode now in front of a WRT-54G and have no complaints. Don't think they do half-bridging. But flipping it into full bridging mode is a snap, and the internal interface keeps the address that was assigned to it, so the admin interface is still accessible. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:04 +0900, Adrian Chadd wrote: Can anyone confirm whether Oracle 9i running under Windows will work if it's DB files are stored on a samba share? I have to try and run Mincom's Minescape under Windows but want the data and DB shared via Samba. .. why do you think this would be a good idea? because the instance of Windows will be running under VMware server (or Workstation) and I like to keep the data outside the VM where it can also be shared with other instances of the app. What are you thinking? Simon, Why don't you run the database on a big fat database server then have all the applications connect to it via oracle listeners through TCP/IP. That would be the standard solution to this problem. This solution is strange because - you may hit issues because not all FS locking commands will be supported - running multiple database instances connecting to the same DB files is normally done in an Oracle RAC configuration. You don't run Oracle on the app servers you run it on database servers and use a shared filesystem like ASM or OCFS2 normally connected to the DB files over a SAN. Network filesystems are not normally used for database files. Is there a good reason you need more than one oracle instance? Joel -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba
Joel Heenan wrote: Network filesystems are not normally used for database files. I work for an ASP that has all of its Oracle databases (hundreds of them) mounted via NFS. It works just fine. The database servers are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, and the NFS mount points are NetApp filers. Now, this is a bit tangential to the original question, which was about Windows and samba. SMB/CIFS is not at all the same thing as NFS. But it's worth pointing out that Oracle on network filesystems is perfectly doable - and NFS is fully supported by Oracle, given certain conditions. An important way that we meet those conditions is that all NFS traffic for Oracle is in a physically separate network from all other traffic, and is managed very carefully to avoid congestion. --Jeremy -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Open source Requirements Tools
If we're going to plug This suggestion completely contradicts what you said you were looking for, but... solutions, SLUG's hosts Atlassian have some products that seem to fit the bill - Jira (http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/) probably being the best match. It's written in a real language, Java, and is also free for open-source projects and community groups. The licence gives you access to the source and the right to make your own modifications forever (and when the licence expires, it just means you don't get access to new source any more - your existing install still works, and you still have the right to make your own modifications) (at least, I think it does, check before you hand over cash though). (obdisc: my partner works for Atlassian. I was an Atlassian fanboy even before he started working there) On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 9:17 AM, David Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 08:44 +1100, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: My wish list was a graphical representation of requirements, tracking, prioritisation and scheduling, costing and a web accessible (not requiring an additional app to view)and slides for presentations. Hi Marghanita, It's not open source, but have you checked out Mingle by ThoughtWorks studios. It's an agile software design tool and would seem to support some of the requirements you identify. In conjunction with open-source tools like a wiki and Trac (or a trac-like tool) it might get you a long way. http://studios.thoughtworks.com/mingle-project-intelligence It's written in Ruby on Rails (runs under JRuby) and is free (cost) to use for small development teams. HTH. Dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- There is nothing more worthy of contempt than a man who quotes himself - Zhasper, 2004 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Open source Requirements Tools
Zhasper - I think your criticism is a bit harsh! I was just trying to provide a bit of help to someone looking to solve a problem. Seriously, the list can verge on the antisocial at times. I wonder why there are so many lurkers and so few contributors ... hmm. I am familiar with JIRA, it's a well-written product. That said, I'm not sure that the open source project licence of JIRA gives you access to the JIRA source code. I'd query that point, anyway. The poster was seeking a solution to managing software and business requirements in a simple tool that is accessible to both technical and non-technical people. Mingle provides such a solution. It's not OSS but it is free to use for small groups - so it's quite possible that it might fit the bill. Lots of people had previously suggested Wiki-based system (and Trac) and I was just seeking to offer another possibility. Oh, and as for your real language sleight, we work daily in both Java (JEE) and Ruby and I can assure you that both are real languages. Dave On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 11:03 +1100, Zhasper wrote: If we're going to plug This suggestion completely contradicts what you said you were looking for, but... solutions, SLUG's hosts Atlassian have some products that seem to fit the bill - Jira (http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/) probably being the best match. It's written in a real language, Java, and is also free for open-source projects and community groups. The licence gives you access to the source and the right to make your own modifications forever (and when the licence expires, it just means you don't get access to new source any more - your existing install still works, and you still have the right to make your own modifications) (at least, I think it does, check before you hand over cash though). (obdisc: my partner works for Atlassian. I was an Atlassian fanboy even before he started working there) On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 9:17 AM, David Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 08:44 +1100, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: My wish list was a graphical representation of requirements, tracking, prioritisation and scheduling, costing and a web accessible (not requiring an additional app to view)and slides for presentations. Hi Marghanita, It's not open source, but have you checked out Mingle by ThoughtWorks studios. It's an agile software design tool and would seem to support some of the requirements you identify. In conjunction with open-source tools like a wiki and Trac (or a trac-like tool) it might get you a long way. http://studios.thoughtworks.com/mingle-project-intelligence It's written in Ruby on Rails (runs under JRuby) and is free (cost) to use for small development teams. HTH. Dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Debian on AMD64
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have the 64 bit version of Debian etch running on an AMD system. All was well until recently when it stopped doing updates with the error: cannot connect to host 4001: 127.0.0.1 connection refused (error 111 ...) (Note that this as close as I can remember the error message as I rebooted into ubuntu 32 bit before writing this) It still connects to the internet and is happy to browse but if I ask it to check for updates it gives this error and apt-get update also gives this error on the repository I use. Although now, since moving from SuSE, I usually use Ubuntu I am not familiar with Debian. Is this a common error and is it easily fixed? Any clues appreciated. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHx14wybPcBAs9CE8RAk1ZAKC4MOBPdLClrAmYsX5yxw4VJ3FjrgCfaP0L EkY26RX/8Ui3KtbG6h0Tl00= =X1eq -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008, Simon Wong wrote: .. why do you think this would be a good idea? because the instance of Windows will be running under VMware server (or Workstation) and I like to keep the data outside the VM where it can also be shared with other instances of the app. What are you thinking? That I'd be asking Oracle and your application vendor whether your proposed setup is fully supported. Backending databases onto random network attached storage is a very bad idea unless you Know What You Are Doing; and if you're on here asking then you probably don't fall into that category. The other poster who runs Oracle off a netapp filer is surprising to me, as I've had no end of issues with databases on network attached storage, but -my- experiences haven't been with Oracle on Netapp NFS, just MySQL on Linux NFS. In any case, knowing what I know about the wildly different flavours of NFS implementations, I'd not be putting a critical SQL DB on it (or heck, even hash tables with shared writers!) unless my vendor told me it was ok. In short: Ask your vendors. Thats what you're paying them for. :) Adrian -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA - -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Debian on AMD64
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Heracles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the 64 bit version of Debian etch running on an AMD system. All was well until recently when it stopped doing updates with the error: cannot connect to host 4001: 127.0.0.1 connection refused (error 111 ...) (Note that this as close as I can remember the error message as I rebooted into ubuntu 32 bit before writing this) It still connects to the internet and is happy to browse but if I ask it to check for updates it gives this error and apt-get update also gives this error on the repository I use. Although now, since moving from SuSE, I usually use Ubuntu I am not familiar with Debian. Is this a common error and is it easily fixed? Any clues appreciated. I have run both Debian and Ubuntu on AMD64 for about 5 years now. I have never seen that issue. It looks like trying to connect to a host '4001', which does not look right. Check your apt sources... -- Kristian Erik Hermansen -- It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an intuition--and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise. This thing gives out and then that--'Bugs'--as such little faults and difficulties are called--show themselves and months of anxious watching, study and labor are requisite before commercial success--or failure--is certainly reached -- Thomas Edison in a letter to Theodore Puskas on November 18, 1878 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Using Gtkmorph to morph (rather than warp) images
Hi all, I've had a look at the man pages and the site AND the help section, as well as a general google'ing and am having trouble with finding useful help on creating a morph image using Gtkmorph. Has anyone on the list any experience with this app and, if so, can you help with an 'idiots' guide or some clues??? :) Regards, Patrick -- Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 18:04 +0900, Adrian Chadd wrote: Can anyone confirm whether Oracle 9i running under Windows will work if it's DB files are stored on a samba share? I have to try and run Mincom's Minescape under Windows but want the data and DB shared via Samba. .. why do you think this would be a good idea? because the instance of Windows will be running under VMware server (or Workstation) and I like to keep the data outside the VM where it can also be shared with other instances of the app. What are you thinking? Do you plan to have access to that database in parallel to having that VMware WIndows running? Because if so then Joel Heenan's solution is the right one - run Orcale 9i on the host and have it accessed from the Windows under VMware. If you don't need parallel access and don't want to run Oracle on a separate host then maybe another solution would be to import an LVM (or a plain file) into the VM guest as a separate virtual disk. Generally, the advise I remember (at least for Postgres) is that running databases on top of network file systems is a bad idea at least for performance, but I never tried this personally. --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Debian on AMD64
It sounds like you have a broken anon-proxy installation (nothing to do with AMD64) http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-182018.html refers to the same issue. On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Heracles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have the 64 bit version of Debian etch running on an AMD system. All was well until recently when it stopped doing updates with the error: cannot connect to host 4001: 127.0.0.1 connection refused (error 111 ...) (Note that this as close as I can remember the error message as I rebooted into ubuntu 32 bit before writing this) It still connects to the internet and is happy to browse but if I ask it to check for updates it gives this error and apt-get update also gives this error on the repository I use. Although now, since moving from SuSE, I usually use Ubuntu I am not familiar with Debian. Is this a common error and is it easily fixed? Any clues appreciated. Heracles -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHx14wybPcBAs9CE8RAk1ZAKC4MOBPdLClrAmYsX5yxw4VJ3FjrgCfaP0L EkY26RX/8Ui3KtbG6h0Tl00= =X1eq -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Regards, Martin Martin Visser -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 11:18 +0900, Adrian Chadd wrote: That I'd be asking Oracle and your application vendor whether your proposed setup is fully supported. I don't think it is well supported! Backending databases onto random network attached storage is a very bad idea I agree but this is shared on the same machine. I think that is a lt more reliable apart from other FS issues. unless you Know What You Are Doing; and if you're on here asking then you probably don't fall into that category. Not it in this instance! ;-) The other poster who runs Oracle off a netapp filer is surprising to me, as I've had no end of issues with databases on network attached storage, but -my- experiences haven't been with Oracle on Netapp NFS, just MySQL on Linux NFS. In any case, knowing what I know about the wildly different flavours of NFS implementations, I'd not be putting a critical SQL DB on it (or heck, even hash tables with shared writers!) unless my vendor told me it was ok. OK In short: Ask your vendors. Thats what you're paying them for. :) I will and will post back here if I get it running too! -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 10:38 +1100, Joel Heenan wrote: Why don't you run the database on a big fat database server then have all the applications connect to it via oracle listeners through TCP/IP. That would be the standard solution to this problem. hmmm, the more I look into this application (Mincom Minescape) it seems that may in fact be what it does, it has a Design File Server. This solution is strange because - you may hit issues because not all FS locking commands will be supported - running multiple database instances connecting to the same DB files is normally done in an Oracle RAC configuration. You don't run Oracle on the app servers you run it on database servers and use a shared filesystem like ASM or OCFS2 normally connected to the DB files over a SAN. Network filesystems are not normally used for database files. I am sure you are correct, I don't have any experience with Oracle or large, distributed DB installations. Is there a good reason you need more than one oracle instance? No! I think I phrase the question incorrectly to start with. If I just want one instance of the Oracle DB (the Design File Server) can I run it installed in a VM and have it's DB files stored on Samba shared to it from the host OS? -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 14:40 +1100, Amos Shapira wrote: Do you plan to have access to that database in parallel to having that VMware WIndows running? There will be multiple VMs running on the same machine. Because if so then Joel Heenan's solution is the right one - run Orcale 9i on the host and have it accessed from the Windows under VMware. I think the solution will be one Windows VM running Oracle (possible with the DB files on Samba) and the other VMs accessing that Oracle instance. Generally, the advise I remember (at least for Postgres) is that running databases on top of network file systems is a bad idea at least for performance, but I never tried this personally. Understandable but these DB files are on the same physical machine, different OS (Linux VMware host). Thanks. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Oracle 9i database and samba
I think I phrase the question incorrectly to start with. If I just want one instance of the Oracle DB (the Design File Server) can I run it installed in a VM and have it's DB files stored on Samba shared to it from the host OS? Again, why are you asking here versus the two vendors in question? I strongly suggest you just ask your vendors and get them to sign off on it. I sincerely doubt anyone here is qualified to tell you yes or no; and Minescape looks like a serious piece of mine design and operations planning software. Adrian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
