Re: RAC

On May 21, 5:33 pm, newbie <rjngh2..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 21, 12:17 pm, Steve Howard <stevedhow..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On May 21, 12:53 am, newbie <rjngh2..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Hi Guys
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> > > I was trying to study Oracle RAC
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> > > To have a test system I was proposing the following
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> > > a) Convert a Desktop 4GB RAM , 160 GB HDD to SUSE Linux and try to
> > > install RAC on this.
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> > > Is this possible ??
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> > > Objective is only for study purposes
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> > > Please comment
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> > Considering that for learning purposes I installed it on two Pentium
> > 450mHZ doorstops bought on eBay for $26 each (yes, $26, sans shipping)
> > with 512MB RAM, yeah, I'd say what you have is sufficient :)
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> > Regards,
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> > Steve
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> Hi Steve -
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> This sounds interesting.
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> what was the complete config ?
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> and how did u manage to connect both machines to the same set of
> disks ??
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> and what version of oracle did u use and which o/s ??

Hi Rajan,

I used freenas NAS for the shared disk with 100mbit NIC's. I set it up a couple of years ago, and did not document it, but I know that Jeffrey Hunter has since done it. See idevelopment.info for the whole write-up.

It was sloooowwww, but it worked, and I learned a ton doing it.

Regards,

Steve Received on Tue May 22 2007 - 11:00:55 CDT