Re: cost-effective, low-performance options for RAC?

From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 11:46:29 -0600
Message-ID: <CAJvnOJZLWPtpg8SjqR=pogPCaQCdUO+S0oPLKFw_Hy+YHXkKEg_at_mail.gmail.com>

You can run RAC over iscsi and dnfs according to the oracle documentation. But I agree with you, sounds like they probably dont need it that badly, unless its solely for HA.

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Jeremiah Cetlin Wilton < jcwilton93_at_earlham.edu> wrote:

> You could build something like this on smaller EC2 instances.
>
> http://aws.amazon.com/articles/7455908317389540
>
> Jeremiah
>
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> *From: *"Chris King" <ckaj111_at_yahoo.ca>
> *To: *"Oracle-l Digest Users" <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> *Sent: *Thursday, March 3, 2016 8:54:11 AM
> *Subject: *cost-effective, low-performance options for RAC?
>
> I was asked an odd question today. A customer is determined to use an
> Oracle RAC solution, and we are trying to convince them that in their case,
> this is too big a solution for what they need. In the meantime, however,
> I've been asked a few interesting questions, which I would love to have
> your feedback on.
>
> The customer's requirement is for a small database, with only 200 users
> maximum, and not concurrent users. We're not looking for high-performance
> because the database will not be heavily used.
>
> I've always used fibre connects with Oracle RAC. Is it possible to run RAC
> with something other than fibre? I've been asked if we could run RAC with a
> single SAS attached disk array.. I'm assuming not, but maybe there are
> other lower-cost RAC compatible storage and network connectivity options.
>
> May I have your feedback on this?
>
> Thanks!
> -ChrisK
>
>
>
>

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