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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: two databases in a server
We do have several applications that share an instance, but that's
because those apps generally are related (e.g. data from one app schema
needed in another). But I don't see any benefit of merging unrelated
apps with distinctly different data and access methods (e.g. data entry
vs. DSS/query vs. automated data collection). I'd think off-hand that
it would make that one monolithic instance much more difficult to manage
than several smaller ones (shared_pool flogging comes to mind).
And I think the need to migrate the apps to another instance for app-specific version upgrades has already been mentioned.
My $.02,
Rich
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Ric Van Dyke
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:05 PM
To: tom_at_tafox.com; David Sharples
Cc: Oracle-L_at_Freelists. Org (E-mail)
Subject: RE: two databases in a server
Generally it's bad because there is a certain level of resource consumption for an instance of any size. So pay the price ONCE and have an instance large enough to do all the work needed by all the applications using the database. There can be cases where multiple instances on the same box are needed, but many cases that I have seen it was not needed. Many times folks can use one instance (or at least fewer instances) to get the work done.
Ric Van Dyke
Hotsos Enterprises
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Tom Fox
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:53 PM
To: David Sharples
Cc: roger_xu_at_dp7uptx.com; Oracle-L_at_Freelists. Org (E-mail)
Subject: Re: two databases in a server
I've heard the argument before about having more than one instance on a machine is a bad idea.
However, on the flip side, having 50 applications share one instance can
be bad, as if one app needs a particular patch, you're affecting 49
other
applications due to one application's requirements.
Anyone care to elaborate why more than one instance is bad?
--Tom
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, David Sharples wrote:
> by joining them into a single instance - that is best practise
>
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