Re: Oracle on Debian.. or Red Hat?

This one time, at band camp, Timur Irmatov said:
> Hi!
> 
> 
> Currently all our servers run Debian, with just a couple of Oracle
> servers under Red Hat. We have a couple Oracle servers under Debian
> too. We're using Red Hat because our consultant says that Oracle runs
> much more stable with Red Hat than Debian. Our team of system
> administrators prefers Debian and does not want to support Red Hat
> servers, if possible.
> 
> Do you have any strong evidence/ experience that support this claim
> that Red Hat is better for Oracle than Debian? Any advice on this?

I've run it on both, and it is no worse on Debian than it is on Red Hat.
The only reason to prefer one over the other is if you actually want
paid Oracle support - they do not support Debian for anything remotely
enterprisey.

Cheers,
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