Re: Oracle Rac and IBM P-series machines

From: K Gopalakrishnan <kaygopal_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:54:09 -0800
Message-ID: <3b0f44a10602141154o544acf42m8387e8b9fd59af9d@mail.gmail.com>

Tom:

You didn't tell me the version. So I will be a generalist here.

> Is it true I would need to use RAW devices because of RAC? "Normal" file
> systems would not work for RAC.

Yep. Another option is to use ASM (in 10g)

> And can the machines be geographically apart from each other (like within a
> mile)?
>
> Last I heard the physical distance was a problem, but things change fast
> around here.

Within a mile is possible. I know few people who are using that.

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