RE: ot - laptop for dba
- From: Juan Miranda <jcmiranda@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <girlgeek@xxxxxxxx>, <william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:05:42 +0200
Hi
I think is best to use Vmware Workstation (or something like).
This way you can start any OS immediately and don´t need to restart.
When I finish an installation I always do an Acronis OS image, convert it
into a virtual disk and open it with VM Wokstation.
This way I have lot´s of OSs and diferent installations on my laptop.
I have these virtual machines suspendend so it took seconds to bring it up.
There are several other benefits:
Easy copy and backup, appliances:
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/, snapshots, etc.etc.
I think it´s a MUST HAVE.
(I don´t work for Vmware)
Juan.
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De: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Bobak, Mark
Enviado el: lunes, 31 de mayo de 2010 21:39
Para: girlgeek@xxxxxxxx; william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx
CC: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: RE: ot - laptop for dba
Claudia,
I'm not currently in the market, but, another mailing list I'm on, there was
just a big long discussion about this. The consensus seemed to be, if you
want a very nice, high end laptop, check out the Dell E6510. Nice size
display, 8GB RAM, optional SSD, all the bells and whistles, and will run
Windows or Linux. If you're considering Linux, but not sure, I'd recommend
buying a Windows laptop, then do a Linux install and turn it into a
dual-boot box. That way, you can check out Linux, without gicing up the
relative comfort and safety of Windows.
Hope that helps,
-Mark
PS Most major Linux distributions should have no problem detecting an
existing Windows partition, re-partitioning the drive, and configuring a
dual boot setup.
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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Claudia Zeiler [girlgeek@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 15:23
To: william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: ot - laptop for dba
Guys, Thank you all for the input.
My use of this laptop is mainly to play with the new features of 11g. I
gather that that is a definitive "You will have to install a VM to run 11g
on Mac." I know that the install SHOULD go smoothly. Sometimes they do, and
sometimes they don't. I think that I'll stick to a windows machine or maybe
finally get a Linux one as I have been threatening ever since I got my
Vista machine.
Thank you all for the informed input.
-Claudia
> From: william.muriithi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx
> CC: girlgeek@xxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 12:51:06 -0500
> Subject: Re: ot - laptop for dba
>
> Claudia,
>
> Yeap, as John said, oracle 10 run on Mac natively without any problem.
Have yet to try oracle 11 though.
>
> In short, as long as its not a serious database that require support, that
would not be a good reason to avoid Mac.
>
> On 2010-05-31, at 1:36 PM, John Piwowar wrote:
>
> > Hi Claudia,
> >
> > It *is* possible to have a toy database running natively on a Mac, with
the caveat that it's 10.2.0.4 only. You also have the option of running
other versions in a virtualized environment, which is mostly pain-free. :-)
It can also be cost-free, since Oracle's Virtualbox product is a free
download.
> >
> > FWIW, I've been a Mac-using DBA for 5 years, and I'm very happy with the
platform. I'm sure that the last thing the list needs/wants is a
Mac/Windows/Linux religious discussion, though, so no prosyletizing from me!
;-)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John P.
> >
> > (Strange spelling? iPhone's fault. Strange content? Alas, that's all me)
> >
> >
> > On May 31, 2010, at 10:01 AM, Claudia Zeiler <girlgeek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Time for a new laptop. Shall I switch to a Mac? I have seen DBA's using
Macs, but I wonder, do any have a toy database on the Mac? How? There is no
Oracle certified for Mac that I know of.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any tips.
> >>
> >> -Claudia
> >>
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