Re: Oracle RS/6000 SP vs. Oracle RS/6000

You are right. The SP and the RS/6000 code is different for V7.3. The main differences are in the way oracle uses datafiles on the different platforms as well as how Oracle generates the SCN number. With the SP, the SCN number is generated from the SP's high performance switch clock. The header block for each datafile is also different. These differences are present whether you start oracle on a single node of the SP or start up the parallel server and run multiple instances. Also, if you cluster RS/6000's together, you will use HACMP to provide shared disk access as well as use the HACMP lock manager.

Hope this helps
Regards,
JimO.

Dirk Nakott <d.nakott_at_msh.de> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>what are the differences between Oracle RS/6000
>and Oracle RS/6000 SP. Why is ist necessary to run
>Oracle RS/6000 SP on the SP. Oracle RS/6000
>also runs on the SP, but it isn't suppoted from
>Oracle.
>
>Thanks
>
>Dirk Nakott
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