Robert P. J. Day
2010-Jan-23 12:47 UTC
[CentOS] any significant differences between centos and OEL?
someone just pointed out to me that there is a distro called "oracle
enterprise linux" which is effectively a re-branded RHEL, so i'm
curious -- has anyone here used both centos and OEL and would there be
any differences that would be worth caring about?
the only thing i can think of that might be worthwhile is that OEL
might change some of the default kernel parms thru /etc/sysctl.conf
that make that distro more appropriate for running large oracle
databases. beyond that, i have no idea.
thoughts?
rday
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Fabian Arrotin
2010-Jan-23 13:06 UTC
[CentOS] any significant differences between centos and OEL?
Robert P. J. Day wrote:> someone just pointed out to me that there is a distro called "oracle > enterprise linux" which is effectively a re-branded RHEL, so i'm > curious -- has anyone here used both centos and OEL and would there be > any differences that would be worth caring about? > > the only thing i can think of that might be worthwhile is that OEL > might change some of the default kernel parms thru /etc/sysctl.conf > that make that distro more appropriate for running large oracle > databases. beyond that, i have no idea. > > thoughts? >Price ? -- -- Fabian Arrotin test -e /dev/human/brain || ( echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq ; echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger )
Athmane Madjoudj
2010-Jan-23 13:09 UTC
[CentOS] any significant differences between centos and OEL?
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:> > ?someone just pointed out to me that there is a distro called "oracle > enterprise linux" which is effectively a re-branded RHEL, so i'm > curious -- has anyone here used both centos and OEL and would there be > any differences that would be worth caring about? > > ?the only thing i can think of that might be worthwhile is that OEL > might change some of the default kernel parms thru /etc/sysctl.conf > that make that distro more appropriate for running large oracle > databases. ?beyond that, i have no idea. > > ?thoughts? > > rday > -- > > =======================================================================> Robert P. J. Day ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > ? ? ? ? ? ?Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. > > Web page: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?http://crashcourse.ca > Twitter: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? http://twitter.com/rpjday > =======================================================================> _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >CentOS is 100% RHEL clone + Extra repos While OEL include Yast (from SuSE). -- Athmane Madjoudj
Jim Perrin
2010-Jan-23 15:26 UTC
[CentOS] any significant differences between centos and OEL?
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:> > ?someone just pointed out to me that there is a distro called "oracle > enterprise linux" which is effectively a re-branded RHEL, so i'm > curious -- has anyone here used both centos and OEL and would there be > any differences that would be worth caring about? > > ?the only thing i can think of that might be worthwhile is that OEL > might change some of the default kernel parms thru /etc/sysctl.conf > that make that distro more appropriate for running large oracle > databases. ?beyond that, i have no idea. > > ?thoughts? >CentOS is essentially a doggedly faithful rebuild of RHEL. OEL adds some tweaks, php-oracle, and various other mods they feel are appropriate. Last I looked, it was available for free, but the updates and support came with a price tag attached. This may have changed, and I make no claims as to its stance. There's also a moral implication. RH's staff has vocally supported CentOS, and we contribute back to the RH community though bug reporting, bug fixes, suggestions, patches, etc. We don't charge for CentOS support, so we don't impact RH's business. Oracle on the other hand DOES offer paid support, which impacts RH's business, and I don't see any substantive attempts by oracle to give anything back to the community at large. Note, I have nothing against oracle nor do I work for RH, so this is my own opinion, entirely speculative, and in rare cases incorrect. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell
Larry Vaden
2010-Jan-23 15:45 UTC
[CentOS] any significant differences between centos and OEL?
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:> > ?someone just pointed out to me that there is a distro called "oracle > enterprise linux" which is effectively a re-branded RHEL, so i'm > curious -- has anyone here used both centos and OEL and would there be > any differences that would be worth caring about?Unless Oracle has changed their policy in the last two years or so, the release cycle for critical patches (e.g., security fixes) is _very_ different. Quarterly for Oracle, days for CentOS. Again, observations are from a couple of years ago, but should be verifiable. See a recent email below the sig. kind regards/ldv October 20th, 2009 Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2009 Dear Oracle customer, The Critical Patch Update for October 2009 was released on October 20, 2009. Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible. <snip> ... </snip> The next four Critical Patch Update release dates are: January 12, 2010 April 13, 2010 July 13, 2010 October 12, 2010