Re: differences between RAC and OPS, and other questions.

Cristian wrote:

> Hi all,
> I am approaching RAC for the first time and I am just wondering about
> the few documents avalaible on the net. Some questions:
>
> 1) Which are the big differences between RAC and OPS?

Buy Mike Ault's book Oracle9i RAC. It is the best book on the subject. And as he takes over 500 pages to answer that question it would be a bit difficult to tackle in a usenet posting.

However ... in one sentence.

No more block pinging.

> 2) How do the system relocate a database istance?

Your question is unclear.

> 3) How do listeners interact with a db instance in a RAC?

The same way they do in any other Oracle installation. They point to an instance.

> Thanks a lot for your replies.
> Ciao,
> Cristian

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