No arguments from me. I would think a virtual machine would be less complicated from a hardware perspective, but just wanted to make sure you were aware of Oracle's published position on support in a virtual environment. Funny thing is, they also officially don't support RAC, which is their own product.
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Eugene Vilensky evilensky@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Bill Holland hollandwl@gmail.com wrote:
- Be aware that Oracle's official position is that they do not support
Oracle in a virtualized environment beyond the operating system. If
there
is a problem and you need Oracle's support, they may very well tell you
to
put it on a physical server before they will support you.
One could (and I will) argue that this is no different than running Oracle on ProLiant or PowerEdge; neither are certified or supported beyond the OS. You may be asked to replicate your error on a different machine altogether.