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Chinedu/Chandra,
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Although I agree that you can use different OEM vendors as long as the =
OS is
the same, be aware of the increased chances for some cross-vendor =
problems.
You necessarily don't want finger-pointing between vendors when =
problems
occur (they will!) in a complex RAC environment.
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Chinedu, before you launch into using/testing RAC, you should (or ITS
should) ask itself the question 'Do I need RAC?'. Mogens N=F8rgaard, a =
guru
from this list has an excellent article in IOUG's SELECT magazine on =
this
topic. If you don't have IOUG membership, maybe Shell ITS can get one.
Alternately, you may ask Mogens for a copy.
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John Kanagaraj
DB Soft Inc
Phone: 408-970-7002 (W)
Listen to great, commercial-free christian music 24x7x365 at http://www.klove.com <http://www.klove.com/>=20
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different OEM vendors for RAC.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>=20
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Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> =
ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com] <B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Ikediugwu, =
Chinedu=20
SITI-ITPSIE<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> =
Wednesday,=20
December 31, 2003 7:00 AM<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: =
bold">To:</SPAN></B>=20
Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L<BR><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Hardware for=20
RAC?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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been asked to setup a test environment for RAC. However, I =
don't=20
know so much about =
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DBA and I=20
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Arial">1. Can I=20
use 2 nodes of different makes (one IBM and one Compaq), but using =
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Oracle and OS versions (9.2.0.4 & Linux=20
respectively)?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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set RAC up, using only the public =
network?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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