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RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

From: Gogala, Mladen <MGogala_at_oxhp.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 10:36:29 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004DA580.20020926103629@fatcity.com>


Inka, I don't have a Ferrari, but if my Ford Taurus would qualify, let me know. 110,000 miles, majority of them on highway miles, driver likes to push the pedal to the medal occasionally. Metallic blue.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Inka Bezdziecka [mailto:IBezdziecka_at_cupe.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:55 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)
>
>
> I have a ZX3 Focus (lady driven, low mileage, autumn red)
> which I gladly exchange for a Ferrari (any colour) or
> Aston-Martin (only racing green). Are you interested?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 12:03 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> RAC isn't meant to be cheap. It is a fault-tolerant technology.
> You cannot buy a Ferrari or Aston-Martin for $15,000 with
> only 2.5% APR.
> As a matter of fact, when you are buying a red Ferrari, you
> are probably
> not even going to mention APR. That is a difference between
> Ford Focus or
> Dodge Neon and a Ferrari. On the other hand, Neon or Focus
> probably do
> have better gas mileage.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [mailto:DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:44 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)
> >
> >
> > 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.
> > dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com <mailto:dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:04 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > 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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