In the past few days i’ve spent my time at work setting up a Linux server with Oracle database. Since i have had some problems i have decided to write how to install it without any trouble.
In our company we have bought two Dell servers QuadCore with 4Gb of Ram and 2Tb of hard disk. We have decided to use one of them as a powerful machine to execute some automatic tests on a complex project that requires a lot of computation.
Since the project uses Oracle database, Oracle Warehouse Builder and Oracle Data Integrator, available for Linux and Windows both, i have decided to setup a Linux machine instead of a Windows one to get the more benefits i could.
I admit, i like Ubuntu too much, so my first try has been an Ubuntu Server 8.04 installation, but i’ve had lots of problem during the installation of the database.
So i’ve decided to switch to a more supported Linux version and the solution has been Centos 5.2 AMD64. Read more…