Re: More than one RAC instance/database on the same machine ?

Howard J. Rogers wrote:

>>This is RAC ... one instance per server. Sorry for the lack of languge
>>precision.
>>
>>Can you explain to me how two databases behave quite differently?
>>Databases don't behave on a node ... instances do. Thought I'd return
>>the favour. ;-)

> 
> Well, in your eagerness to be smart, you stuffed up. Because of course
> databases behave differently from each other. What do you back up? A
> database or an instance? And if you have a read-mostly database, do you
> back that up at the same frequency you do a write-mostly one?

End of thread Howard.

I've had read-only tablespaces but never once a read-mostly database. I also backup tablespaces not databases: Crazy know-nothing American.

If you have to be right then Ok ... you are right. But this thread ends here for me because I just don't have enough testosterone to continue this ... and won't.

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