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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. Must.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Kill roommate! I really think the world would be a better place if all drunks died.

  2. Slashdot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Uh, hello... Slashdot uses Linux for it's mission-critical databases!
    Never ever had any downtime, I don't believe. Fast AND Reliable: Linux.

  3. Re:Shareholders... by -brazil- · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why the fuck should there be a difference between the database backend and the Webserver frontend in this regard?

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    The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
    --Henry Kissinger

  4. 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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    - Sig this!
  5. Re:This wouldn't make sense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Uhh, when a Linux user talks about a very large database... He's thinking about the 40 Gig drive in his desktop computer and going...

    "Man, wouldn't it be bitching to make a Beowulf cluster out of these?"

  6. Re:not a company, but.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    But do the citizens of Bloomington know their city is using Marxist software (GNU)?

  7. "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.

  8. Huh? by non-poster · · Score: -1, Troll
    Are There Large RDBMS Using Linux?
    Are there any companies out there actively using Linux to host a mission-critical RDBMS?


    Where?? "Are There ..." Where?

    Technically, this is incorrect grammar.
  9. Tucows runs PostgreSQL on Linux for theri back end by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That seems pretty darned serious to me. Any Tucows employees care to comment?

    -AC

  10. 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?