The Best HW / OS Combination for Oracle 11g

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My company is in the midst of upgrading our database hardware / software to support Oracle 11g. We're considering the following hardware / OS combinations for the database server:

  • Sun v890 (current hardware) / Solaris 10
  • Sun T5120 / Solaris 10
  • Sun T5120 / Linux
  • Dell 810 / Solaris x86
  • Dell 810 / Linux

As far as performance goes, do any of the above combinations have a discernable edge? Are there any published trade studies or whitepapers that help make a case for a particular combo?

Best Answer

Not a direct answer but I have set up Oracle 11g on a Dell 710 before with Red Hat Linux and it as worked well. I would recommend that if you do use Linux you go with Red Hat or you might have issues getting it to work and with support. You can get CentOS to work with some fudging of a few text files.

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