RE: Oracle Standard Edition & RAC?

On my first (and only, so far) 10g implementation (10.2 on AIX) 7 months ago - I convinced my client to purchase the diagnostics pack, but also convinced them that we did *not* need the Tuning pack, even though Oracle sales folks of course insisted it should really go hand-in-hand with the diag pack and acted like I was crazy for wanting diag w/o tuning. So far, I'm happy with my decision after supporting the database in production for several months. The AWR stuff is really nice and has come in quite handy on several occasions. Of course we all survived w/o it before so I know it's not exactly essential, but we could all survive without electricity too, right? If the $$ was coming directly out of my pocket, I'd probably live w/o the diag pack, but relative to the server licensing and overall scheme of things for a mid-large size company I don't think it's unreasonable.

Regards,
Brandon

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