it's worth noting that suse enterprise linux is also oracle-certified, and it supports 32 32-bit cpus (and 64 64-bit cpus).
jason On Friday 07 November 2003 11:41, Ryan Leathers wrote: > The trouble there Joseph is that 2.1 supports only 8 CPUs and I will > have 16 so I am eager to learn that version 3 will work. Contacting > Oracle so far has resulted in lots of "mights" and "probably will > soons" but nothing firm one way or the other. > > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 10:36, Joseph Tate wrote: > > Well, according to what I understand, if you order RHEL you can run > > either 2.1 or 3. As for what Oracle wants, I'd stick to that to > > the letter, otherwise Oracle Tech Support (when, *not* if, you need > > it) will not be able to help you as well as they could otherwise. > > Call Oracle though and see how long it will be before they support > > RHEL 3. It could be a matter of weeks. > > > > Joseph > > > > Ryan Leathers wrote: > > > Hey gang, > > > > > > I have been tasked with a cool project. I get to spend a small > > > fortune on hardare (6 systems with 16 CPUs each) where I will run > > > Oracle9i/AS. > > > > > > The most recent Oracle9i/AS documentation says that if I select > > > Redhat as my OS I need: > > > Redhat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 2.1 > > > Kernel 2.4.9 > > > Glibc 2.2.4-25 > > > > > > I expect that I can use newer versions of the Kernel and Glibc, > > > but want to be sure before I place an order for RHEL 3 and find > > > out it won't work. > > > > > > If anyone can offer me peace of mind through confirmation of > > > personal experience I would owe you lunch or something :) > > > > > > -Ryan -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
