Oracle Linux Initial Setup

Marcelo Muniz - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Engineer at kyndryl

I don't usually do installations, but did some a long time ago and they were not difficult. 

If you pay attention and take care of performance issues or adapt the operational system for your goals, then setup is not difficult. 

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LLIEDNO - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. NetBackup System Administrator at University of Delaware

The initial setup and deployment is easy.

Our data center operators racked everything and connected the network. Then our engineering group connected the console, mounted remote DVDs with the software, connected remote ISOs or ICOs, and deployed the operating system. Our security group handled authentication like the LDAP configuration that allows use of the same accounts for all servers. 

Daily operations include several monitoring services like Netcool or ScienceLogic to keep track of things via SNMP. When something fails, a ticket is received via Remedy and our security group lets us know to patch for vulnerabilities. 

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Peter Karlsson - PeerSpot reviewer
System specialist at Savecore

The initial setup was straightforward.

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SM
Database administrator at SSnC

The initial setup is straightforward. Once the first installation is done, we can clone and replicate it for other installations. The solution is deployed on our own private cloud.

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Gaurav Babbar - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Engineer at Natwest

We get the machines to work on, but since I am an end-user, I feel that I am not the right person to speak on how Oracle Linux does the setup and the cost involved in the solution. We let the staff involved in the deployment and maintenance know whenever we have an issue with the operating system. We generate a ticket, and depending upon an issue, they take a day maximum to resolve our issues.

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Vijay Mehta - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager - SAP at Capgemini

Oracle Linux's setup is straightforward. The process was no different for us as compared to Red Hat or SUSE.

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Ayman Allam - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps and Automation Lead | Technical Expert at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

I have found the solution to be a bit complex in terms of the original setup. 

I wasn't directly involved in the setup and therefore do not know much about the deployment process. I'm not sure how long it took to deploy. 

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Rekha Pawar - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Qatar University

The initial setup is easy. 
Depending on the requirements of the prerequisites, which we have. The deployment doesn't take us more than two to three hours.

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Daniel_Nemethy - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Nemethy Moderato Kft

The Oracle Linux setup process is simple and effortless to execute. The installation DVD is a great resource for those who want to verify their administrative privileges, as it is a straightforward and uncomplicated process. By downloading the DVD and utilizing it to install the software, one can ensure that it is installed in a seamless and convenient manner, with the strength and security of fiber and steel behind it. This makes the setup experience truly outstanding.

The deployment process took approximately one week to complete. The duration was due to the need for thorough checks and verifications of the sources behind the firewall, which required additional control measures. The Red Hat system that was previously used had not been properly maintained for the past five years, which caused some delays in the upgrade process to Oracle Linux. The upgrade involved significant changes to auxiliary systems, including the higher proxy and naming system, which added to the time taken to complete the deployment. Despite these challenges, the actual installation of Oracle Linux from scratch only took approximately one or two hours. The slow deployment process was not a result of the installation of Oracle Linux, but rather the previous maintenance issues and the need for thorough checks during the upgrade process.

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Thomas Waltair - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Head AND Director Product Development at Neptune Software Group

Setting up Oracle Linux is straightforward. One person could handle it, and it took two or three days to deploy.

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RusiPopov - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Paysafe

The initial setup was straightforward, and deployment took less than an hour.

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Kevin Honde - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Solution Architect at Econet Wireless Zimbabwe

The installation is quite straightforward.

It takes about an hour to install.

We need a team of two people who concentrate on Oracle Linux.

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it_user607413 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Oracle Database Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Setup was straightforward.

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SW
Founder at Simpro Tech

The initial setup process can be challenging and not particularly straightforward, but with effort and careful reading, it can be successfully achieved.

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Joonik Jang - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Team Director at BINGGRAE CO LTD

The product's setup is easy. The software's setup took six months to complete. We required a team of seven members consisting of developers and engineers to deploy the solution. 

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Landry  Mbala - PeerSpot reviewer
Développeur applications at Trust Merchant Bank

The product's setup is okay. My company has an experienced team for the product's deployment. The deployment took two days to complete. 

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SA
Manager Assets at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are currently in the process of upgrading to a KVM product. Before this, we were using Oracle OVS and Oracle VM, but we're moving to KVM. According to my team, KVM is a bit challenging to understand, and they need to invest a significant amount of time to properly configure it by reading the documentation. If I were to rate the setup process on a scale of one to ten, I would rate it a five from a KVM point of view, indicating an intermediate level of difficulty. It took my team a few weeks to deploy the solution, as we couldn't devote 100% of our time to the deployment process. However, we can spare some time in a day to carefully configure the solution. Also, our company has a team of three people.

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Abhishek Kini - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Retail Insights

The initial setup is complex compared to Windows. We have to install Oracle Linux on our on-prem server.

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Lakshmi Prasada Reddy Nandyala - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at Techdemocracy LLC

The tool’s setup is straightforward. The installation is not complex, we can do it on our own. My team installed the product through the Command Line and GNU. The installation takes around two hours to complete. We completed two sets of operating systems. The tool’s installation depends on the target components. The access management part takes around one week to complete. We have around eight technical staff for the product.

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YA
IT Project Manager at Awash International Bank

The initial setup is straightforward and took about two days.

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MG
Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is very straightforward. It's not overly complex or difficult. 

We had a cluster of two times four machines and split it across two data center locations and it was quite easy.

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Tushar Rahatekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Systems Analyst at a maritime company with 10,001+ employees

Implementation takes time, but once you have done it, you can forget about it. It's highly stable.

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FM
Sr. Manager - Tech Ops at a media company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is reasonably straightforward.

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DC
Manager, IT at a renewables & environment company with 5,001-10,000 employees

When it is in the could, the initial setup is very easy. When it's in the cloud, you just pick a shape and say, "Make me a machine."

What makes each shape different is the number of CPUs. The amount of storage comes with it. 

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NP
Sr. System and Storage Administrator at a government with 51-200 employees

The initial setup is not overly difficult or complex. We found the process to be very straightforward. The deployment itself was fast.

We have two members of the technical team that can handle any maintenance required. 

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MI
Chief Product Officer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

The initial setup is straightforward. I haven't noticed any complexities. The deployment takes several days. It doesn't take too long. 

We have a team that handles deployment and maintenance. There are about five people and they are engineers.

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NM
Database Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Oracle Linux is very easy to set up.

Oracle Linux is very much compatible with other platforms. Installing VMs is very easy. If you are installing on a hard metal server, it's still very easy. I installed Oracle Linux myself, I didn't have major challenges with it.

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HU
Systems Engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

The complexity of the initial setup depends on the product. Having plenty of previous experience with RHEL, implementing Oracle Linux was incredibly easy. OCFS2, Grid Infrastructure, and ASM were more complex in varying degrees, with Grid Infrastructure and ASM requiring a massive amount of research to get up and running correctly.

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HR
Consultant at Hollomey Consultant GmbH

The initial setup is okay. It took around three hours to install and run the operating system.

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IK
Project Manager at Closed Joint Stock Company Insurance Company TAS

The solution's initial setup is complicated.

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Radhey Rajput - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. IT Analyst at NCR Corporation

The initial setup was straightforward. We did not need an integrator for deployment and completed it ourselves. I rate the setup an eight out of ten.

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MA
Technical Presales Consultant/ Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The installation is comparable to Red Hat, and CentOS. It's not difficult.

In terms of the configuration, it won't take more than 30 minutes to install. 

However, because it's an Oracle Linux, there are Oracle databases involved, which means there are steering committees. There will be complications in the implementation that are not related to the actual installation of the product itself. This will delay it by several days.

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IL
CTO EMEIA at Fujitsu

The key for us with our engineered systems is specifically how quick and easy it is to "plug in and play," with a solution. We got the platform in place within a couple of weeks and then another week or so to get everything up and running with the virtualizations, and then the Oracle Linux with all the solutions and applications on top of that.

End-to-end it will take us three to five weeks, depending on the install.

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Faustine Chisasa - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at TZ Telecom Ltd.

Straightforward setup, used the free option

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it_user660024 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect Senior Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Setup is all straightforward; however, we utilize very complex installations. We use a variety of tools to speed up the acquirement of software, deployment of systems, patching, backup and recovery. We believe in segregation and following NIST/IRS/DOD standards in all of our builds. Straightforward is nice, but to protect our customers, we go the extra mile.

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PK
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. It's not overly complex or difficult. 

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LR
Fresh Operations Manager at Jerónimo Martins

The installation is straightforward.

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it_user8013 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

There is not really that much to say about setup and the transition. It was quite a walk in the park for a lot of our engagements where we had a very simple transition, especially for databases. You have to remember everything is binary-compatible, so we just brought the new machines and moved over all the applications and all the databases we were running with Red Hat for those specific customers. We anticipated undergoing quite a heavy transformation, but it turned out that, in general, it was quite a simple transformation.

We still do that today, for new customers that onboard that are running IT professionally and say "We would like to move to a cloud-generated data center". We say, "Okay, you can stick with Red Hat, but for the same money, we can move you off to Oracle Linux and then you actually get a discount."

Because we already have Oracle Linux, we don't charge them for that and it makes our lives easier. Every now and then, you have an off-case where they did some funny stuff, but in general it is a very simple transformation. Nothing scary, nothing complicated over there. Quite easy.

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TO
Enterprise Systems Engineer at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

The initial setup for this solution is fairly easy, and has the advantage of all the prerequisites being installed due to the operating system being in place. 

The total deployment took less than five hours to complete, and the majority of this time was taken up with restoring the data from one of our UAT environments.

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MW
Project Manager at Realnux

It is easy to install and only took about 30 minutes.

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it_user611982 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President of Enterprise Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The initial setup is very straightforward for a basic server. However, there are complex configurations that can (and should) be added in for enterprise-level environments to provide better performance, stability, and redundancy.

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it_user607410 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle Database Administrator at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Setup was very complex, using cluster resources and fine tuning at the OS level to improve performance.

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it_user418419 - PeerSpot reviewer
Linux System Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The initial setup with the ready-made templates was nice.

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MM
Development Manager at Dxperia

The setup is easy, but you must know your exact requirements. Oracle Linux has millions of features. You have to be precise in picking up the features, such as deciding whether you want an FTP server or HTTP server, or both, or you want more. Everything can be modified afterward. The deployment time depends on the server's configuration, but it takes around 30-60 minutes. 

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AY
Enterprise Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Installation requires a lot of skills and is not easy. An expert is required to handle it.

Depending on the size of the company and the size of the business, no less than two or three people are required for deployment and maintenance. If it's a huge implementation, it would require more staff.

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it_user769581 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior BI Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I would say straightforward with a little bit of complication. Complication depending, possibly, on the hardware or other stuff related to the platform where it’s running. But overall, straightforward. 

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EA
Sr. Director, Systems & Databases at GTech

Initial setup was straightforward.

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PC
Independent Consultant at Unaikui

The initial setup is pretty straightforward.

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HP
IT Manager with 1-10 employees

The initial setup was straightforward for me because I have been using Oracle Linux for a long time. The platform I used previously was Sun Microsystems, so it is not difficult for me to use Unix-based applications.

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SU
Master Consultant - RedHat & Oracle Cloud, Virtualization , Automation at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The deployment was not complex. It was very straightforward. How long deployment takes depends on how many OS instances are being implemented. A single OS instance may take about 30 minutes or less. 

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RP
Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

In the 8.1 version, the setup works fine but it is when trying to install from an USB instead of DVD as it is written in the documentation. There were issues with the 8.3 installation - see above.

The installation of version 8.1, however, was good and worked fine. Some my attempts to install compatible drivers for my hardware failed and I had to reinstall the whole OS. The third time doing the install, it only took me one hour, it was easy. I achieved some compromise between up to date video (nouveau instead of Nvidia) and wifi (iwlwifi of Intel) drives and the system now works really fine.

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MK
Cyber security manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

The installation is easy, there are readily available reference guides you can utilize to complete the installation. It took approximately two hours to complete the install.

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MS
Manager of Customer Services with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup is straightforward. It takes maybe two days to complete. the first day is for installation and preparation, and another day is required for patching. It takes a long time to complete patching and updates.

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it_user769575 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We use, of course, a configuration management tool like Chef Puppet nowadays, or Ansible, so it's really easy to maintain the system. But, even installing for just one server, by hand, now is straightforward. It's not a whole day of installing Linux, that's not the case any more.

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MT
Product Lead at Zenotech

It was relatively straightforward. Again, the compatibility with other Linux distros makes it quite straightforward, so we've had no issues really. It was very simple.

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it_user603813 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner Consultant at a tech services company

The initial setup is not complex. If you understand Linux basics, it won’t be a problem.

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it_user436173 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Oracle Database Administrator at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The initial setup was difficult. We wanted High Availability, and it was that part in particular that was giving us severe problems. It uses a repository to holder details between the High Availability instances, and we found that that was quite complicated to set up, and even now it's a little bit buggy.

It would have been difficult. We try to have high availability, and in particular the high availability part of it gave us severe problems. It uses what's known as a repository to hold details between your high availability instances, and we found that they're quite complicated to set up, and even now a little bit buggy.

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it_user436206 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle Applications DBA/UNIX SA at a agriculture with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup is straightforward, if you know what you're doing. It's not that difficult or unnecessarily complex, but you should have some experience with previous installations for best results.

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MG
Student at Proton

I rate Oracle Linux a nine out of ten for the ease of its initial setup.

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SK
senior managed consultant at a tech services company

The installation was very simple. Installation was quick and easy with a few clicks.

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Moses NYOTA - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software and Cloud Engineer at Velocis Technologies LLC

The initial setup was straightforward. However, it may be more challenging to set up for people with no experience.

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it_user769587 - PeerSpot reviewer
IAM Architect at Federal Identity

If you don't know Linux, then go learn some Linux. But relatively, if you want to set up a virtual box, set up the Oracle Linux stuff, it's pretty much drag, drop, click, click, click.

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it_user598938 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Operation Engineer at a marketing services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Setup is not different from other OSs in the market.

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it_user414534 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Oracle DBA at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

Oracle Linux is straightforward in its initial setup because it comes with a pre-installed package that for installation of other Oracle products or Oracle Database on Oracle Linux with UEK. The pre-installed package download includes a software package, repertories, and specific versions needed for application installation.

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WS
Manager at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees

The initial setup is straightforward because there are a lot of documents available to follow.

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it_user247422 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO/Architect at Viscosity North America

Very straightforward. Setting up Linux, we usually use templates, ISO images. We use Spacewalk, which is part of the subscription model, it's free; so we use Spacewalk quite a bit.

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RM
Unix System Administrator Ii at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Setup is somewhat complex. It’s Linux.

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it_user82836 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Setup is almost exactly the same as Red Hat, so those familiar with that distribution should have no trouble porting their knowledge to Oracle Linux. The most difficult transition I had was going from versions 5 to 6 to 7 because of the change from SysVinit to Upstart to Systemd.

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HL
Interim IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

I am not in a position to comment on the installation process. Another party handled this for us. 

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WR
Sales Manager at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees

Implementation was easy.

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it_user436065 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It's implemented just fine. The installer is pretty easy and straightforward. The ease of setting it up was a combination of the product and knowledge on our part.

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SAMUELMWANGI - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Calidad Systems Limited

The installation is straightforward and it did not take very long.

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it_user769596 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a tech services company

The set up is basically Linux servers, and we have Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 running there. Non-RAC, but a Data Guard environment, where we have a primary instance set up, and that application is done on the standby. The primary and the standby are running on Oracle Red Hat Linux, actually.

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it_user656298 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a tech company

Setup is straightforward.

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it_user436146 - PeerSpot reviewer
President at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

I would say that the initial setup is pretty much straightforward. It falls along the lines of the others. Some of the newer versions of other flavors of Linux make it a little bit simpler, but overall it's straightforward and we've hadn't had any trouble once it's been installed.

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it_user418464 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle DBA, Linux system administrator, IT engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

If you have basic to intermediate Linux knowledge, the initial setup was straightforward. We're far away from the time a system admin should know exactly the name of the module your hardware needs.

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KopanoRamaphoi - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Rpc Data

The installation is easy, you need to do some updating and you are done. It takes approximately one hour.

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it_user769572 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It is straightforward and well documented. If people have basic Unix knowledge, they can jump on it. But I would definitely recommend going through the documentation before implementing any operating system in an enterprise environment.

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it_user417540 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle Database Technical Systems Consultant at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The initial setup was straightforward. The fact that the images can be freely downloaded from OTN allowed us to set up a lab environment and perform initial simulations of the targeted environment. The large number of existing templates saved lots of time for “in-depth” documentation, adjustments, configurations, and so on. Since the testing provided more than sufficient positive signs, the solution was chosen.

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SS
Software Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The time and the number of people you need for the implementation depend on the project. If it is only a small project, then at least one Linux administrator would be fine. However, if it is a larger project, then you have to have a project manager and then at least two administrators.

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it_user769617 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at C3dna

It's as easy as any other operating systems, so there is no issue.

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it_user769590 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at Miracle Sweden

It depends on the complexity of the environment, but you can download images and there are all kinds of tools nowadays, so it's quite easy.

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it_user769599 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Innovation Officer at Viscosity North America

The setup of the solution is very common for people who are familiar with installing Linux. I don't see any issues there. Also, with Linux, they have patches that come out when there's any issue. That's why you get a lot of good security. The after-support, never really had an issue. Linux is pretty simple to where you set It up and it's done.

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it_user436125 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Product Dev at a tech company

It's very straightforward and simple to set up.

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it_user899421 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Development Manager

The initial setup was a bit complicated, as there are a lot of pieces that you have to look at.

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it_user418443 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT System Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

For the initial setup, you need some expertise to configure a good and stable system.

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it_user656313 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle Unix/Linux Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The setup was a straightforward implementation.

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it_user181566 - PeerSpot reviewer
OATS Engineer-Onsite Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup was complex in a Linux environment compared to setting up on a Windows OS.

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Buyer's Guide
Oracle Linux
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Oracle Linux. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.