Re: oracle rmap kernel version

Jonathan A. Davis (davis@jdhouse.org)
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:34:51 -0600 (CST)


On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Martin J. Bligh wrote:

> > Does anyone have any production experience running Oracle 8i on Linux? I've
> > run it at home, RH 7.2 with vanilla 2.4.16 kernel all IDE drives, and its
> > fast. We are replacing our SUN/Oracle 8 servers at work in next couple of
>
> The real answer is to try them and do a benchmark for your particular
> application. Shouldn't take that long .... try the -aa tree too.
>

I can't speak for -aa, but I can say definitively, DO NOT stay with the
"stock" kernel for oracle applications. We're using -rmap here (mostly 9i
with some 8 scattered around) and performance under moderate and heavy
load is an order of magnitude better.

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-Jonathan <davis@jdhouse.org>

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