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This is the answer i was hoping for ;)
Thanks a lot for your contributions.
Jean-Michel
"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:<41840bd2$0$21989$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
> Le JeanMimi wrote:
>
> > First, thank you for your answers.
> >
> > For us, the point is availability (and not scalability).
> >
> > Say we have two databases A and B and two machines.
> > We put A and B in RAC configuration :
> > - instance A1 and B1 on machine 1
> > - instance A2 and B2 on machine 2
> > (A1 and A2 for database A, B1 and B2 for database B)
> >
> > If the machine 1 crashes, then all the work being done by A1 and B1
> > failover to machine 2 (TAF) and everything is very fast ... and
> > transparent.
> >
> > Does it make sense ?
> > Thanks (i'm rather new to this)
>
> That makes perfect sense, and will be very easy to do. It is also a
> perfectly legitimate use for a RAC.
>
> Regards
> HJR
Received on Sun Oct 31 2004 - 02:52:51 CST