Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:07:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:07:21 -0500 Received: from e31.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.129]:31648 "EHLO e31.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:07:13 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:06:25 -0800 From: "Martin J. Bligh" To: walter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: oracle rmap kernel version Message-ID: <177640000.1015956385@flay> In-Reply-To: <200203121729.MAA08522@int1.nea-fast.com> In-Reply-To: <200203121729.MAA08522@int1.nea-fast.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.1.2 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > 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 > months with Linux/Oracle 8i (Pentium 4 1GB ram). My question is, what is the > best kernel version to use, vanilla 2.4.x or a RH kernel built from the ac > tree with rmap. All drives will be SCSI. > I read an interview yesterday with Rik van Riel where he said rmap worked > better for db servers but I expect that he is partial to rmap 8-). > Our web servers are running vanilla 2.4.16 and we haven't had a problem yet > (knock on wood). 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. Martin. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/