Re: Oracle 8i Standard Edition vs Enterprise Edition for Linux

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>Solution #1: Using multiple (2+) standard edition Oracle 8i on Linux
>I will load balance clients between 2 or more Oracle 8i standard edition
>servers to maintain a high degree of performance.
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Why did you arrive at this solution, if I understand you are proposing two databases? How will you keep them in sync? Why not go for a single database and spend the license money on fault tollerent hardware?
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>Also, I am interested in hearing about Oracle experts who are using it in
>Linux platform for large scale OLTP.
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The choice between workgroup and enterprize comes down to the availability of extra options such has partitioning, advanced replication, etc. Unless you specifically need these extra features on day one I would go with the workgroup and upgrade should you need to at a later date.

>A reply post or direct e-mail will be greatly appreciated.
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>Kind Regards,
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>Kabir
>http://www.nitec.com
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Received on Thu Dec 30 1999 - 22:39:51 CST