Re: Crash/instance recovery

From: IM <ian_at_ianmurphy.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:01:09 -0700
Message-ID: <1183899669.690626.297020@c77g2000hse.googlegroups.com>

On Jul 8, 12:30 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
> IM wrote:
> > Er, it's my understanding that "instance recovery" is exactly what
> > Oracle does following a SHUTDOWN ABORT or a STARTUP FORCE... simply a
> > recovery that does not need any DBA intervention (aside from a STARTUP
> > in the case of a SHUTDOWN ABORT).
>
> An instance is processes running in memory. I understand the use, or
> perhaps misuse, of the word is rampant but I'm on a bit of a crusade
> to use the term literally as not doing so causes great pain and
> suffering when applied to RAC and Data Guard.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damor..._at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
> Puget Sound Oracle Users Groupwww.psoug.org

Very fair point and I shall try to make sure not to use the word so interchangeably in future, especially since my company will be looking to adopt RAC in the not-too-distant future.

Cheers,

Ian Received on Sun Jul 08 2007 - 08:01:09 CDT