Re: Oracle and Linux
Hi Avi and all, From: "Avi Miller" <avi.miller@gmail.com>
We support most virtualization platforms including VMware, Hyper-V and Oracle VM. We also support most operating systems. Certification has also broaden to include RDBMS on Windows running on Hyper-V (with Oracle Linux certification on Hyper-V in progress).
I have to admit not really to understand the "support this or that virtualisation" A virtualisation presents a "virtual computer" and this may slightly differ depending on the virtualisation solution. But the same goes for physical machines. And I have not read: "Product XY only works on Dell T610 and HP ML 150". I can install it on a "no name box" as well. Why not on any VM? (BTW: Is Oracle DB supported in a Oracle VirtualBox?) The ERP solution [not Oracle, btw] I am dealing with in-house runs on Tomcat. Tomcat and Java are designed to live "everywhere". Of course the software is certified on Linux X and Windows Y only.. Practically I do not get any Linux support because "Windows is standard" downunder. So I'm told. Not to mention that I install an older version because the new one "is not launched in Australia yet". It's available in Europe since April.. In one case I spoke to technical support in Germany to get some clues and confirmation. They were helpful but contract issues prevent them from supporting me continuously. I could have installed it under FreeBSD I guess. Wouldn't make any difference, support-wise. Did I mention that I love proprietary software? ;-) Regards Peter
Hi,
On 5 Nov 2014, at 12:42 pm, Peter Ross <Petros.Listig@fdrive.com.au> wrote:
I have to admit not really to understand the "support this or that virtualisation"
I misused some words and apologise: In the case of Oracle in particular, there is a difference between "supported" and "certified" - we support Oracle products on any platform to the best of our ability, but if we can't reproduce the issue internally, we may need to engage the HW/virtualisation vendor. The level of this cross-vendor support differs based on the vendor relationship and whether joint support is available.
And I have not read: "Product XY only works on Dell T610 and HP ML 150". I can install it on a "no name box" as well. Why not on any VM?
We have hardware certification[1], just like we have virtualisation certification. We have certified Oracle DB on Oracle VM and Hyper-V and it's supported on VMware and KVM.
(BTW: Is Oracle DB supported in a Oracle VirtualBox?)
Yes, for development and test purposes. Not for production use, AFAIK. Then again, the performance you'd get in VirtualBox probably doesn't meet your production needs anyway. Hope that makes things a little clearer from our perspective. Cheers, Avi [1] http://linux.oracle.com/hardware-certifications
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