RE: Moving Oracle Binaries from HP to SUN

Or do like ORACLE says they are doing,
 and Cluster Intel Based Machines with LINUX.

Then you can get rid of all those competing Hardware Vendors.

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Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 13:39
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Stephane,
 In the not so distant future, I think we might see a push to accomplish just what Robert is asking. With the growth of the need for speed and the decline in the economy, a lot of companies can not afford to purchase new machines and discard to old. If I was a company that had a few different but capable servers to use I would want them all to work together in a cluster if needed. $$$ talks in the IT world today and a lot of us are having to make do with what we have or be creative in our DBA duties.
I would like to be able to cluster an HP,SUN,INTEL,AIX or what ever or have the different machines be a backup server. With the merging of companies there is a merging of resources. One company has HP and another has SUN. Do you discard one for the other? or have a capital expendature that you can't afford?
Just a thought.
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>>> sfaroult_at_oriole.com 02/12/02 11:48AM >>> Robert Pegram wrote:
>
> Has anyone done the following:
>
> Create a db using Oracle Loaded on an HP Server
> - The datafiles, controlfiles, etc will be on EMC
>
> Later,
> Install the oracle binaries on a SUN Server, basically
> unplug the HP from the SYMM, and plug in the SUN and
> bring up the database.
>
> I was asked this yesterday because some of the sun
> hardware is on back order, and they want to put the
> project in production before the parts will arrive.
> There is a spare HP server (bought for another
> project) they can use until the parts arrive.
>
> I am awaiting an official response from Oracle, but
> thought I would get your input.
>
> TIA,
> Robert Pegram - EDS
> Oracle DBA
>

It will not work. Look at the prerequisite for standby databases, it will give you a fair idea of how far you can go in terms of cross-platform play - not very far. The architecture and OS must be the
same.

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