Very old software in the Exadata

Hello,

In our Exadata we have the latest version, the April 1024 quarterly patch:

[root@ed02dbadm01 ~]# cat /etc/oracle-release

Oracle Linux Server release 5.9

But there is 6-8 years old Linux packages in the Exadata. Why them so old ?

For example, gcc is of 2008, 6 years old:

[root@ed02dbadm01 ~]# gcc --version

gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-54)

https://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html

sar is another example:

[root@ed02dbadm01 ~]# sar -V

sysstat version 7.0.2

Look http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/

Sunday October 22nd, 2006

Sysstat 7.0.2 released (stable version).

The latest version of gcc know better about new Intel Xeon, latest sar collect more statistics.