Which linux distro for ASM

Hi,
I have just purchased a new PC and would like to use oracle ASM, could anyone suggest the best free linux distro for this purpose.
I have read recently that there are problems when trying to use ASM on Ubuntu,.... does anyone have any suggestions of a suitable distro?
Thanks in advance

806595 wrote:
Hi,
I have just purchased a new PC and would like to use oracle ASM, could anyone suggest the best free linux distro for this purpose.
I have read recently that there are problems when trying to use ASM on Ubuntu,.... does anyone have any suggestions of a suitable distro?
Thanks in advanceWhat do you plan on doing with it?
If you're looking to learn Oracle then i would ditch ASM as a starting point (it'll complicate your life to begin with) and go with just installing the database, working from there. A simple and effective installation i've done a couple of times is Oracle XE on Ubuntu (very smooth installation, never a problem). This is a great lightweight installation suitable for learning.
I have CentOS running Oracle 11.2 on a PC at home with ASM (did it for a learning experience) and it was quite a pain to get going (though i'm admittedly no DBA with minimal *nix experience ... was a great learning experience though). Once going it's pretty smooth, though every time the kernel gets upgraded i have to head out to find new RPM's for ASM to be able to properly communicate with the Kernel (if you don't do this, you perform a kernel upgrade and reboot your machine you're going to be without a database).
So it really depends on what your level of experience is, how much patience you have, and what you're looking to get out of the experience.

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