RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

Yes, I concur. RAC might be positioned as a "cluster of cheap Intel/Linux servers"
but a true cluster isn't really cheap.
On Compaq Tru64 Cluster, we are going for a Memory Channel Interconnect which, I understand, is even more expensive than Gigabit.

hemant
At 07:43 AM 26-09-02 -0800, you wrote:
>Glenn - I have a question you could ask. Oracle talks about how RAC will
>allow Oracle to make better use of cheap computers. To me the weak point is
>how much bandwidth you have between the nodes. If you have a gigabit fiber
>optic connection between the nodes, it might work well, but suppose you have
>a shared LAN? To me, RAC would work quite nicely in a clustered server, but
>then we've strolled away from cheap, haven't we? This point is keeping my
>hardware people from buying into the concept.
>
>Dennis Williams
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>I am visiting Oracle next week and will be getting a dog-and-pony show on
>Oracle 9i and RAC (Real Application Clusters). Does anyone have any
>experience or comments on this product/technology? Can you suggest some
>burning questions I can pose to Oracle when we get the demos? This is a
>technical overview and we will be seeing conversions (Apps and non-Apps
>environments) as well as failure scenarios.
>
>Any advice/comments are welcome. Thanks.
>
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