Robert Jaroszuk wrote:
> bernard (bernard_at_bosvark.com) wrote:
>> On May 8, 7:46 am, Robert Jaroszuk <z..._at_iq.no.spam.please.pl> wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to configure RAC to use so called 'cold node' ?
>>> node3 is not online for all the time, it is something like 'hot spare'
>>> in RAID1.
>>>
>>> How about Oracle licensing of node3 ?
>> Why would you want to do that? Is that not defeating one of the many
>> purposes of RAC? Use all the hardware so that none of them just sit
>> still and waste floorspace? Anyway I think there might be a reason
>> for such a configuration, just curious as to what that reason is.
>>
>> Licensing, well that change quite frequently (in the UK that is), I
>> think they will license that the same way as a standby database. That
>> is: you intend to use it, even in a disaster that might never happen,
>> well pay for it then.
>
>
> The only reason I see for using 'cold node' in RAC is licensing.
> That's why I'am asking about this :-)
> Anyone has confirmed information about licensing failover/cluster guard
> nodes in RAC?
Oracle's licensing policy on standby databases is Oracle's licensing on
standby databases. The presence in a RAC cluster, from my read, does not
change the terms.
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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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Received on Tue May 08 2007 - 10:33:47 CDT
