That occurred to me, though then I wondered about the policy on patchsets and whether 9.2.0.6 <http://9.2.0.6> would be supported/certified. On 6/29/05, Pete Sharman <peter.sharman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Well, I guess the biggest problem he faces with that suggestion would be > the mention of the PeopleSoft software. Even though that's "inhouse" so to > speak now, it still has a certification path to go through I believe. Not > something I've looked into of recent times, though, so I could be wrong. :) > > > Pete > > "Controlling developers is like herding cats." > Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook > > "Oh no, it's not. It's much harder than that!" > Bruce Pihlamae, long-term Oracle DBA > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Stephane Faroult > Sent: Wednesday, 29 June 2005 7:30 PM > To: adar76@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Choose database vesrion > > Yechiel, > > There are a number of changes (usually for the better) with RAC > between 9.2 and 10.x - a number of operations are much easier with 10.x. > With 10.2 ready to come out any day now, I fear that if you go for 9.2 > some of the work you will do will be for nothing, because you will be > asked to migrate to 10.2 pretty soon, and probably to go live with 10.2. > I don't need to tell you what the standard Oracle support answer will be > in 3 months' time if you run into a problem with your 9.2 ... Since you > are going for a full Oracle version, can't you convince them to get you > a pre-release 10.2 ? > > My 0.02 euros. > > SF > > Yechiel Adar wrote: > > > Hello all > > > > I need some advice on Oracle version to implement on a new system. > > We are going with PeopleSoft CRM software and I need to recommend the > > database version. > > This will be heavy duty system that, according to the vendor, will > > need a cluster of 4 computers, with 4 cpus and 8GB of memory each in > > two years time. > > The test system needs to build yesterday and the system goes live in > > 2-3 months. > > > > The system will be on Linux RH ES 3.0. > > > > The Oracle versions are RAC 9.2.0.6 <http://9.2.0.6> or RAC > > 10.1.0.4<http://10.1.0.4> > . > > > > We are currently on 9.2.0.6 <http://9.2.0.6> across the board and I do > not know 10g. > > > > What would you recommend? Is 10g ready for prime time RAC > > configuration, or should I use 9.2.0.6 <http://9.2.0.6>? > > > > TIA > > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com