[ILUG] RHEL Clone

[Breno Gomes]

James,

I have nothing against any Linux distribution, but I would recommend you 
a very careful approach to RHEL alternatives to run Oracle.

Oracle curently supports RH and SuSE only. The versions are in line with 
respective distros. In any case, Oracle will act as a single point of 
contact for both OS and its own software for certified configurations.

Metalink note 287453.1 will help you to clarify several aspects.

Metalink "Certify" button shows exactly what is currently supported and 
scheduled for desupport.

The primary concern is related to patches, both OS and Oracle. If you 
are running the DB engine only, most patches are generic, possibly not 
raising major issues. However if you have iAS and 11i the situation 
becomes far more demanding.

In any case, having different OS (or just versions) for test and 
production is a considerable risk. Some patches may work fine for some 
configurations (eg. versions relying on glibc 2.3.2.95.3 for RH and 
2.95.3 for UL), but minor differences may break lots of things.

I am available o discuss this topic further. Please feel free to write 
me directly if I may help to clarify any aspect.

Regards,
Breno




Subject: [ILUG] RHEL Clone
From: James McCarthy <mccarthyjames at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 14:15:51 +0100
To: Irish Linux Users' Group <ilug at linux.ie>

im thinking(have probalbly already decided) about using CentOS instead 
of RHEL,
would be putting oracle on it(for testing, not production), and i
wanted to know what experience has anyone else had?
and are there any traps i need to look out for?
if this works out i'll be rolling CentOS out across the board.

and what about Tao/WhiteBox linux? anyone triend em?