9i Grid "voodoo" cookbook

(Yeah Tom Mercadante...I agree)

I remember a time when Microsoft was spouting Windows clustering and how great it was. People started with two boxes then kept adding until the whole mess fell apart. People and companies whet bust promoting cluster solutions. Rather than sizing a box appropriately and purchasing the hardware sized to handle five years of growth now we are looking at a cluster scenario again. Adding boxes as we go. Just how easy is that? What about future security issues? Patches...etc...

Frankly I find it hard to believe that anyone is going to save any money with blades and 9i RAC right now. Once again the hardware people have found that giving people less for the same cost is better (for them). Seems like the burden of testing and proving these cluster solutions is going to fall on us (IS). I mean really! Who would set this solution up and roll it into production in a weekend....?? I sure wouldn't expect that. I would expect to have to create a test lab, buy test hardware and prove that it actually works. Seems expensive to me. Somebody honestly tell me they would have no problem converting a 8 way HP-UX box to four dual blades and 9i RAC in a weekend. Different packaging is all we have here. RAC is like a "lunchable". Less product, more expensive, more marketing promises and leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Don't get me wrong I think the idea sounds cool. It's just that we've all heard of cool stuff turning into a hot steaming pile real fast...

IT budgets are stretched pretty thin. Buying unproven technology is not a very wise choice right now unless you have a lot of disposable cash for in house testing.

Why should IT have to prove this works? Received on Mon Jul 21 2003 - 15:24:32 CDT