Re: Oracle RAC licensing question

From: Bradd Piontek <piontekdd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:56:12 -0600
Message-ID: <e9569ef31003091456g640bc7d6s4d85804c923838_at_mail.gmail.com>

I really don't like getting into licensing questions ... however

What is a single-node RAC installation?

I believe all Enterprise Edition gets you is the ability to use the Clusterware (Grid Infrastructure), not install the RAC option in the database.

http://www.oracle.com/database/product_editions.html

Bradd Piontek
Pythian - Love Your Data

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Bill Zakrzewski <bill_at_intactus.com> wrote:

> Jon -
>
> You probably have to verify with your customer support rep, but I believe
> even a single-node RAC installation requires a the RAC license.
>
> All licensing questions usually favor Oracle.
>
> -Bill
>
> On Mar 9, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Crisler, Jon wrote:
>
> If I run a single-node RAC cluster, do I actually need to purchase a RAC
> license, or will a Oracle Enterprise license be sufficient ?
>
>
>

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