Re: Parallel Server Questions

You must have special coupling hardware and software from Sun. It is not just a matter of installing OPS. We have such a system and it works fine.

Martin Haltmayer

eklerr_at_swcp.com wrote:
>
> Dear Abby
>
> I've got a database on a Solaris 2.4 Sparc20 that's getting to
> look like it's cpu bound. I've got this brilliant idea that I
> can take a couple of Sparc 5's, remote mount the data disks,
> load up the server software, start up some separate instances
> on separate cpu's, and start calling myself the parallel
> database man. (or at least clustered database man)
> Problem is ... I can't get parallel server to install (from 7.3.3)
> The installer alludes something to the effect that it doesn't like
> the hardware that it's detecting. Of course I used that page of the
> hardware requirements manual to soak up some spilled coffee or something
> some time ago, and of course my Oracle support... well you know how it
> is.
> Anyway, any of you guys got anything like clustering of Sparcs? I mean
> it
> seems like it should work, and it seems like OPS should cover Sparcs.
> The installation manuals for Sun and Solaris describe it, I mean that
> kind of implies that OPS exists for Sparc.
>
> Anyway, any advise or suggestion or guidance would be appreciated.
>
> Signed
>
> Parallel Database Wannabe
Received on Fri Feb 13 1998 - 00:00:00 CST