Re: What is Oracle10G?

"Bryant" <member31797_at_dbforums.com> wrote in message news:3124016.1058481212_at_dbforums.com...
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> www.oracle.com/oracleworld/paris/conference/
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> Oracle's introduces its new flagship database with Dynamic Grid
> Computing - Oracle10G
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> For the first time in a long while, something interesting is happening
> in the industry that will effect every IT professional - Dynamic Grid
> Computing. Don't miss the Oracle10G at OracleWorld Paris! Never before
> has a technology architecture been given so much attention by press,
> analysts, and executives.
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> Anybody know what this is al about?
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Grid Computing is something like Seti, combining computer power and storage across a network such as internet, or your lan/wan. Dynamic just means that you can plug it in at any time. IBM is also on this, with web services making a computer's cpu and storage available. I got this info from google. That line on the URL you mention says it's about a database, so it's probably in Oracle 10. The G would replace the i in 9i, going from internet computing to grid computing.
I could imagine an Oracle database borrowing some additional processing power from my workstation while it is in screensaver mode. why not use my local hard drive too, if a web service on my pc tells the database that it can spare some mb's. Should I need more space myself, I can always let my web service find some additional space on a nearby pc. A background web service, could later swap my own data back to my computer, for faster access.
I might be going too far with this, though. It's just what popped up in my mind after reading your message. Does anyone know the real story?

Herman Received on Thu Jul 17 2003 - 18:33:29 CDT