Comments on: Pots, Kettles, Stones and Glasshouses http://gestaltit.com/all/tech/storage/martin/pots-kettles-stones-glasshouses/ Independent Experts United Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:24:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Storagezilla http://gestaltit.com/all/tech/storage/martin/pots-kettles-stones-glasshouses/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Storagezilla Sat, 23 May 2009 19:37:45 +0000 http://storagebod.typepad.com/storagebods_blog/2009/05/pots-kettles-stones-and-glasshouses.html#comment-586 The difference here being that Oracle has never certified hardware, it's just explicitly stating that they will not support VMware.<br><br>So Oracle certifies that it runs on Windows or RedHat and MS/RedHat says Windows/RHEL runs fine in VMware, where's Oracle's problem with VMware?<br><br>In the eLab case it's just like any other customer putting a niche OS in front of EMC gear. It doesn't matter if it's an SVC/V-Series/USP/other or some niche flavour of Linux. There were more requests for MacOS X support, which is why it was added, than there are for support of those platforms combined. The difference here being that Oracle has never certified hardware, it's just explicitly stating that they will not support VMware.

So Oracle certifies that it runs on Windows or RedHat and MS/RedHat says Windows/RHEL runs fine in VMware, where's Oracle's problem with VMware?

In the eLab case it's just like any other customer putting a niche OS in front of EMC gear. It doesn't matter if it's an SVC/V-Series/USP/other or some niche flavour of Linux. There were more requests for MacOS X support, which is why it was added, than there are for support of those platforms combined.

]]> By: Storagezilla http://gestaltit.com/all/tech/storage/martin/pots-kettles-stones-glasshouses/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Storagezilla Sat, 23 May 2009 15:37:45 +0000 http://storagebod.typepad.com/storagebods_blog/2009/05/pots-kettles-stones-and-glasshouses.html#comment-15 The difference here being that Oracle has never certified hardware, it's just explicitly stating that they will not support VMware.<br><br>So Oracle certifies that it runs on Windows or RedHat and MS/RedHat says Windows/RHEL runs fine in VMware, where's Oracle's problem with VMware?<br><br>In the eLab case it's just like any other customer putting a niche OS in front of EMC gear. It doesn't matter if it's an SVC/V-Series/USP/other or some niche flavour of Linux. There were more requests for MacOS X support, which is why it was added, than there are for support of those platforms combined. The difference here being that Oracle has never certified hardware, it's just explicitly stating that they will not support VMware.

So Oracle certifies that it runs on Windows or RedHat and MS/RedHat says Windows/RHEL runs fine in VMware, where's Oracle's problem with VMware?

In the eLab case it's just like any other customer putting a niche OS in front of EMC gear. It doesn't matter if it's an SVC/V-Series/USP/other or some niche flavour of Linux. There were more requests for MacOS X support, which is why it was added, than there are for support of those platforms combined.

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