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On 7 Aug 2005 20:47:44 -0700, "yls177" <yls177_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>i) An instance is a set of processes and memory structures
>ii) A database is a set of physical files.
iii) one instance manages one database
iv) one database is managed by one instance, with the exception of
Parallel Server or RAC. In this case there is still one set of
datafiles, and the instances are usually on different servers.
-- Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBAReceived on Sun Aug 07 2005 - 23:57:20 CDT
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