Re: Re: [tlug] Business applications of Linux

[<e_davies@example.com>]

> 
> From: Henri Servomaa <henri_servomaa@example.com>
> Date: 2003/04/11 金 午後 02:26:08 GMT+09:00
> To: tlug@example.com
> Subject: Re: [tlug] Business applications of Linux
> 
> patrick.niessen@example.com wrote:
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: e_davies@example.com [mailto:e_davies@example.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 11:22 AM
> > > To: tlug@example.com
> > > Subject: Re: [tlug] Business applications of Linux
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I recently came across an article which said that lot of companies
> > > > were switching to Linux in Japan. I was just wondering what
> > > kind  of
> > > > applications might be used and what  areas Linux is being
> > > used in the
> > > > companies. I would appreciate any input.
> > >
> > > I'm contracting as a 'database engineer' and I recently
> > > convinced my client, a medium-sized company, to upgrade thier
> > > DBs from Oracle8i on HP-UX to Oracle9i on Linux servers
> > > (Miracle Linux).
> > >
> > 
> > What was the reason for the switch?  Cheaper Hardware or Software License?
> > OS consolidation?
> 
> I would love to hear more too. Not as much the (possibly confidential)
> details
> but the grand theme of things. 
> For ex. how long have you run Miracle, are there any stability or other
> issues
> and what are the "sizes" of the db installations, and have you actually
> managed to lower operational costs with this, etc.

I'm uncomfortable revealing too much about my client's operations on a board like this, but here's what I can tell you:

The DBs in question are not all that big.  They support systems that are best described as web-based and OLTP-like.  The DB objects total just under 1 gig for each DB (there are 3 of them).

When the executives of this company asked me my opionion on upgrading Oracle from 8i to 9i I said "Go for it, but if you're considering that kind of DB migration you might as well switch to Linux servers in the process and you'll save a bundle between the 'for Linux' pricing structure from Oracle and the fact that Linux servers will be less expensive to maintain than the HP-UX servers."

The new hardware has been ordered, but it hasn't been delivered yet.  I have not worked with Miralce Linux before, but it is based on Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 . 

To sum it up: less expensive hardware and lower licensing costs drove the decision to swith to Linux.