Re: Is RAC DOA?

From: Daniel Fink <Daniel.Fink_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:14:13 -0600
Message-id: <41210785.7060205@sun.com>

Yeah! Well, I don't see no bottle of Highland Park (18 yo), so I don't believe you.

I guess the real question, at least for me, is "What really is Grid Computing?" and "How can database systems use grid computing?". When I think of grid, I think of seti_at_home. I am having a hard time picturing how database systems would spread the workload.

Dan

Pete Sharman wrote:
> Yep. You're missing the simple fact that grid is bigger than RAC. Sure, R=
> AC enables a lot of the grid technology but you can also have non-clustered=
> databases in a grid environment on different OS's. Add Streams and the ab=
> ility to have cross platform transportable tablespaces and you'll see more =
> of the overall grid environment.
>
> =
>
> Pete

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