I need to install Oracle on the below configuration. We have 20GB of = memory and are running the hugemem kernel. I would like to take = advantage of this as much as possible. We have already installed 10g = and got it working with the huge memory footprint based on Oracle docs = with little issue. No patching was required, although patches are = necessary for 9i. =20 It is my recommendation to run 10g but would appreciate feedback in = regard to 10g vs 9i given this configuration. I have recommendation = against 10g in the past(on solaris), although I believe there is a = better case given this configuration. I believe 10g will be more = reliable based on the dedication Oracle has had to the Linux platform = over the past two years, primarily while 10g has been developed. It is = my understanding that Oracle is building on Linux first and then porting = to other OS's. Are there any thoughts out there about this? If anyone = has any experiences they would like to share it would be much = appreciated. I am interested in both sides of the story, although = success stories would make me much happier. Overview - single instance (Non-RAC) - SAN attached SUN 3510 Disks - 2-4 TB database - HP DL740 - 8 X 2.8 GHz Zion CPU's - 20GB RAM - Redhat AS 3.0 hugemem kernel Required feature set - heap/IOT tables - B-tree indexes - partitioning - transportable tablespaces - Huge Memory support (10+GB Buffer Cache) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------