Is anyone currently running
>Intel based machines running Linux cluster and run
> RAC on it.
I'd be interested in performance and reliability.
Thanks in advanced.
-Lizz
- "Ji, Richard" <Richard.Ji_at_MobileSpring.com> wrote:
> Dennis,
>
> True, a 2/3 node clusters ain't that cheap. But to
> achieve high
> availability
> the other choice is to buy a high end server like
> Sun E10k or the newer
> ones. And I think the 2/3 node clusters are cheap
> compare to those big
> iron boxes and you get a very good availability and
> scalability from
> clusters.
> I think that's the selling point of RAC. You can
> cluster bunch of cheaper
> Intel based machines running Linux cluster and run
> RAC on it.
>
> Richard
>
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>
> Glenn - I have a question you could ask. Oracle
> talks about how RAC will
> allow Oracle to make better use of cheap computers.
> To me the weak point is
> how much bandwidth you have between the nodes. If
> you have a gigabit fiber
> optic connection between the nodes, it might work
> well, but suppose you have
> a shared LAN? To me, RAC would work quite nicely in
> a clustered server, but
> then we've strolled away from cheap, haven't we?
> This point is keeping my
> hardware people from buying into the concept.
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
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>
> I am visiting Oracle next week and will be getting a
> dog-and-pony show on
> Oracle 9i and RAC (Real Application Clusters). Does
> anyone have any
> experience or comments on this product/technology?
> Can you suggest some
> burning questions I can pose to Oracle when we get
> the demos? This is a
> technical overview and we will be seeing conversions
> (Apps and non-Apps
> environments) as well as failure scenarios.
>
> Any advice/comments are welcome. Thanks.
>
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