Robert Korošec has several years of experience in the field of relation databases. Since 1999 he's been working in the company Oracle Software as a technical counsellor for the Oracle database. Before that he was dealing with administration of UNIX Operating systems and Oracle DBA administration

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Oracle and Linux - technical and business relationship

Oracle ported its database to Linux platform already in 1998 and therefore confirmed Linux is the operating system, suitable also for the business critical applications. At present, Linux is mature operating system, suitable for various business functions, such as workstations, application server and database server. The growth of Linux is a consequence of a relatively cheap mechanical platform and a family of 32-byte Intel and Intel compatible processors, where Linux took over the position of primary Unix operating system. Oracle's many years of experiences with various Unix operating systems resulted in installing the components that are very important for the functioning of databases into Linux kernel. This was done together with the company RedHat and UnitedLinux group. These components are above all connected with the better support for IO operations, support of clusters and overcoming the obstacles in the field of memory management as a consequence of 32 bit processor. The presentation will include a good praxis of setting the Oracle database into Linux system and linkage of servers into clusters with the use of Oracle Real Application Cluster technology.