RE: Oracle 9.2 RAC on Win2K?

But, it's unbreakable.

Richard hides.

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Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 12:25 PM
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You cant achieve 0 unplanned downtime with single database (whether windoze or not).
What if your disk array fails?
What if your RAC hangs?

Tanel.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: June 25, 2003 1:25 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re: Oracle 9.2 RAC on Win2K?
> >
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> > >
> > > Oracle RAC on Win2K is for some bizarre reason REQUIREMENT.
> >
> > Requirement by who? It usually helps to make a business case
> > for a specific configuration and benchmark it to see whether
> > the performance is satisfactory.
>
> This requirement is dictated by a prospect of ours, and since
> they say Win2K and IIS (there is a web part to this job) is a
> MUST, a must it is indeed. No matter how silly or plain wrong
> such a choice might be.
>
> In my opinion the task in question (database up to a TB in size)
> accessed via few thousand concurrent sessions that must be up
> and running in 7x24 mode with exactly 0 down time allowed, fault
> tolerant and load balanced is clearly way-way above capabilities
> of today's Windoze platform (but give'em another 20 years or so
> of slack and may be they'll get there?) I also believe that trying
> to pull or force such a thing using Windows is comparable to a
> pitiful task of trying to empty the swimming pool using just a
> hand and spoon combo, but what do I know...
>
>
> > Let me suggest a little benchmark: 4 clustered, beefed up PC
> > boxes vs. a single, 16-CPU IBM P690 with the latest "960" CPUs
> > and AIX 5.2. You can benchmark price and performance. I'd be
> > very intrigued to find out the outcome. It is very hard to
> > predict it properly (wink, wink).
> >
>
> There is (and always will be) a proper tool for a proper job.
> Tested proven and true.
>
> Mladen, thanks a lot for your input, I REALLY appreciate it!
>
> Branimir
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