Re: Database Control vs. Grid Control

On 3/30/07, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen_at_oneneck.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you Ghassan. Just a couple more questions in response:
>
> 1) You recommend not to run GC on the same server with the target DB - can
> you please elaborate on why? Is it just do to contention for resources, or
> is there some other reason? I'm not sure if I can justify purchasing
> another server for GC if I already have enough available resources on the DB
> server to run both with good performance.
>

It is just to reduce load on the server. GC will surely consume resources if it is monntoring too many dbs, and used by several dbas. I would rather buy a small PC (a dual core will be enough, anda 100G HD will suffice for the repository DB).

2) Regarding licensing for Enterprise Edition, I understand that the EE
> database that serves as the GC does not require a separate license, but I'm
> not clear on whether the targets can all be Standard Edition, or if the Grid
> Control license is only provided as long as your target(s) are Enterprise
> Edition - do you know? I'm still waiting for a response from Oracle Support
> on this.
>

There is no licence for GC, you buy the packs only (and plugins). I 'm not sure about it, but I do not see why the agent cannot monitor an SE.

Regards,
> Brandon
>
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> *From:* Ghassan Salem [mailto:salem.ghassan_at_gmail.com]
>
> I would not advise you install it on your db servers. use another machine.
>
> You do not pay the licence for the repository db, and it is an EE (it has
> partitioning, ...)
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