Re: Tom may have really defected to the dark side

"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message news:1159028841.182186_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com...
> Acme Acmeson wrote:
>
> > Maintenance work in the server room. Cooling upgrade I think it was. He
> > mentioned that on his home page.
> > Will take several days, but I can't remember the dates.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Keld
>
> Not a surprise. When I teach HA (High Availability) we talk about the
> fact that to achieve 99.999+% uptime you need to start with two diesel
> generators with independent fuel tanks filled by two different fuel
> suppliers. Then you need two independent electrical circuits to the
> air conditioning. Then ....
>
> RAC, DataGuard, RMAN, Flashback, Streams, all the software solutions
> in the world aren't going to give you HA if you don't have the
> infrastructure that goes with it. The Oracle software is the least
> expensive part of the equation.
> --
> Daniel Morgan
> University of Washington
> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group

A couple of years ago the Newark airport lost power. They had redundant power cables to the airport. They were taken out by a backhoe. They had stacked them one on top of another on one side of the road coming into the airport.
Jim Received on Sat Sep 23 2006 - 22:14:30 CDT