10g RAC, nonRAC difficulty, cost comparison

From: <jdevroberto_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 13 Dec 2004 15:44:34 -0800
Message-ID: <1102981474.938517.96370@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>

Hi,

I've been asked to come up with a general answer to this question:

Comapred to standard oracle,
how difficult is 10g RAC to setup, and maintain?

My answer:

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On a scale of 1 to 10

RAC would be a 6 or 7
and nonRAC is about a 3.

One problem with RAC is the shared storage requirement. You will need to invest in an array and fibre channel technology.

With nonRAC you can use cheap SCSI drives.

If you are already investing in fibre channel, RAC is more compelling.

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Do any of you Oracle experts have any opinions on this RAC nonRAC discussion?

-jd Received on Mon Dec 13 2004 - 17:44:34 CST