RE: Server Architecture
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 12:18:54 -0500
Message-ID: <746B47FAF6783042B256C0E7CC0795CD025BA67F@caonmastxm02.na.capgemini.com>
Sounds like a SAP installation to me. Tell consultant to go fly a kite. One set of binaries, 5 instances out of the same home. No options.
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Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 8:56 AM
To: satheeshbabu.s_at_gmail.com
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Subject: Re: Server Architecture
It does sound like a real maintenance nightmare. What is the problem they are trying to solve that requires 5 identical sets of binaries under 5 different users, as opposed to (worst case normally), 1 set of binaries and 5 instances?
On Jan 2, 2008 11:49 PM, Satheesh Babu.S <satheeshbabu.s_at_gmail.com> wrote:
All,
We have been proposed with following architecture by our consultant. I
need your expert opinion on this.
Assume a server got 5 database and all the databases running in same
oracle version and patchset.
They are proposing to create 5 unix account. Each unix account will have
one oracle binaries and corresponding oracle DB. Apart from that each
unix account will have dedicated mountpoints. In broader sense each unix
account will be logically considered as one server.
I am slightly worried about this architecture. Because when this architecture goes to production, the impact it will have on maintenace going to be huge. Assuming i am having minimum 100 db in production( ours is a very large shop) and if i need to apply one patch to all these servers going to kill us. Secondly, will there be a impact on licensing. I don't think so, but like to check it up with you guys. I know it has got some advantage too. But is this approach is suitable for large shop like us?
Regards,
Satheesh Babu.S
Bangalore
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