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From: Hugo on 4 Jun 2010 13:44

On 4-Jun-2010, Cydrome Leader <presence(a)MUNGEpanix.com> wrote:

> yeah, there's nothing like the crappiest database (mysql) running on
> solaris.

LOL ... oh dear </me clears the slates> .... why ?
From: Canuck57 on 5 Jun 2010 11:40
On 03/06/2010 11:20 PM, Cydrome Leader wrote:
> Hugo<hugo(a)idontwantspam.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2-Jun-2010, "coffeyp(a)gmail.com"<coffeyp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Eventually I'm moving to HP and Dell hardware.
>>
>>
>> Boring ... :P Especially if you use databases (and in particular, MySql or
>> Oracle's) .. the Sparc hardware when configured correctly with Solaris on
>> Sparc arch. leaves the competition in the dust ...
>
> yeah, there's nothing like the crappiest database (mysql) running on
> solaris.

I will grant, I like mysql on Linux the best but I prefer mysql to
Oracle. Oracle is a clunky DB with 90% of it's code dead and overly
complex. I figure with Sun/Oracle now controling mysql, Postgres should
get quite a boost. I always thought Ingress was better, just didn't get
the right marketing corruption to become #1.

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This depression is about liberal magots running debt liberally.
From: Canuck57 on 5 Jun 2010 12:39
On 01/06/2010 6:07 PM, Greg Menke wrote:
>
> Our support contract recently lapsed so I started looking around and it
> sure seems Oracle is doing its best to destroy whats left of Solaris-
> OTOH I have quite a few Sun boxes that need patches on occasion. It
> looks like I have to get on the phone to some overseas sweatshop or get
> hooked into the Oracle spam machine to even find out what the minimum
> contract is so I can get patches.
>
> Before wasting the time& energy I was wondering what others' experience
> is wrt getting chump-change small contracts for patching out of Oracle
> these days.
>
> I'm pretty much resigned to doing without and moving to x86 when these
> Sun boxes retire, but I have some Blade 2k's and need the updated OBP
> firmware so I can use Type 7 keyboards- so its probably worth reasonably
> moderate amounts of pain and $ to get a year of patches all around for
> the boxes.
>
> Thx,
>
> Greg

I already have done this. It is rare I now recomend Solaris but will if
it fits the app/environemnt. I do believe it is the best OS server that
can be had, but it's futures with Oracle...

So unless the place is already Sun trained and there, I now do Linux.

As for pathing, if it isn't broke don't fix it and you can pay on
incident. If it is security patches, just put the boxen behind a well
managed firewall.

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From: David Combs on 6 Jun 2010 07:14
In article <hu6nb7$p84i$1(a)tr22n12.aset.psu.edu>,
John D Groenveld <groenvel(a)cse.psu.edu> wrote:
>In article <86fx16z48r.fsf(a)apshai.pienet>,
>Greg Menke <gusenet(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>>Before wasting the time & energy I was wondering what others' experience
>>is wrt getting chump-change small contracts for patching out of Oracle
>>these days.
>
>I renewed my contracts just prior to Larry Ellison completing the deal
>of the century, but I read on the Solaris-x86 mailing list of folks
>successfully navigating the Oracle bureaucracy to obtain quotes
>for software and system support contracts.
>
>Let us know how it goes.
>
>John
>groenveld(a)acm.org

Solaris (x86) mailing list, huh?

Where is it?

And the one for Sparc?

THANKS!

David

PS: other sources of info?



From: Hugo on 7 Jun 2010 15:14

On 5-Jun-2010, Canuck57 <Canuck57(a)nospam.com> wrote:

> I will grant, I like mysql on Linux the best but I prefer mysql to
> Oracle


You simply cant get a free enterprise class database running faster than on
coolthreads with solaris & mysql ..

ZFS has only helped that too .. and makes restorable database snapshots
workable ... (not saying that isnt possible on other file systems, but ...
it's damn good!)
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