RE: Oracle RAC cost justification?

> And though it strays a bit at times, but not very far, I've found this
> thread very interesting, even if it is 28 emails so far (more now I
> suppose). I am very interested in what people are seeing in the real world
> regarding RAC, and why they chose it, why they like/regret it, and
> alternatives that have been considered. So yeah, I don't know diddly about
> RAC ;-) That's why I find this thread interesting, it is very educational
> ;-) I can read all the docs and white papers until I'm blue in the face but
> real world takes on it are nice to hear.

Larry, I tend to agree. Though I've setup RAC on Linux/Firewire, and am in the process of setting it up on VMWARE (or more likely http://xensource.com/, a free alternative for Linux) I haven't used RAC in production either. And before reading the "You Probably Don't Need RAC" the only sources I had were Dave Ensor's discussion in "Tales of the Oak Table".

There's the marketing story, and then there's real-world experience. They're always different in some ways.

So thanks all around...

Sean

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