Re: Clustering software for Linux/Oracle

Chuck Hamilton wrote:

> Unless I'm mistaken 9i's "clustering" (i.e. the old OPS with cache
> fusion) still relies on O/S level clustering software to inform it of
> a failure. That's the piece I'm looking for. The O/S clustering
> software. I know Oracle has Oracle FailSafe but that's only for NT.

I don't know if that's what you're looking for, but these are quotings from Oracle 9.0.1 for Linux release notes:

"Oracle corporation developed and deployed a complete clusterware layer called OCMS to enable Oracle Real Application Clusters on Linux. [...] OCMS sits on top of the operating system and provides all the clustering services that Oracle Real Application Clusters needs to function as a high availability and scalability solution."

"OCMS is bundled with Oracle Real Application Clusters and is installed automatically when you install Oracle Real Application Clusters. Unlike the Oracle Real Application Clusters versions on Windows NT and UNIX platforms, you no longer rely on the system vendor to provide the clusterware layer..."

HTH
Best regards, Cristian

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