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Are There Large RDBMS Using Linux?

Posted by Hemos on from the big-honking-databases dept.

Jason Perlow of Linux Magazine writes:" With all of the recent computer press coverage of Amazon and Intel converting their web servers and other front end application servers to Linux, many of these stories neglect to mention that the back end systems these companies use still rely on commercial Unixes like Solaris, AIX and HPUX to host their RDBMSes (Oracle, DB2, Sybase, Informix) for their mission critical transactional applications and data mining. Are there any companies out there actively using Linux to host a mission-critical RDBMS ? or looking to replace UNIX with Linux for this purpose?"

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  1. Re:Here's some by pkesel · · Score: 1, Troll

    Oh, that's meaningful. Looking for how many Linux users have Logitech mice hooked up should shed just as much insight into this question.

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  2. "Mission Critical?" by Max+Entropy · · Score: 0, Troll

    What legitimate member of the /. community uses a phrase like "mission critical transactional applications and data mining?" This posting reads like a really, really bad press release.

  3. Re:Informative? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    We tried that, unfortunately Linux kept crashing under high load and just wouldn't scale. We switched back to Sun and things have been smooth ever since. I guess you get what you pay for, huh?