Re: Up and down sides of using HOSTNAME instead of tnsnames.ora for SqlNet connetion info

Steve Ashmore wrote:

> One 'down' of the top of my head would be if you ever wanted to
> run multiple instances on a server. Believe it or not we have one
> development server with 17 instances on it.
>
> Stephen C. Ashmore
> Brainbench MVP for Oracle Administration
> http://www.brainbench.com
> Author of: 'So You Want to be an Oracle DBA?'
>
> "TurkBear" <john.greco_at_dot.state.mn.us> wrote in message
> news:mgivuu4if2iur4jgeolb682mrp9d8nke08_at_4ax.com...
> > Or in addition to..
> >
> > I have heard that there are some issues with this method, but not what
> they may be..
> >
> > It would be easier to manage new instances if all we had to do was
> register them with an alias in our DNS server...
> > ( this will all be on our Intranet)
> > Opinions, please?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >

Not to be picky on semantics but ... 17 instances ... or 17 databases?

Daniel Morgan Received on Thu Dec 05 2002 - 18:00:49 CST