Re: Multiple Instance Database

Get a hold of the OFA white paper from Oracle.

opus wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I've always had single instance databases set up and I now have a need
> to put multiple instances on a single server. Anyone have any thoughts
> on the best way to do this as far as datafiles etc... go. Let's say I
> create a second instance - you can spread the datafiles out across the
> same mount points (and disk drives) as the first instance but then if 1
> drive fails both instances are gone until restored. The other way is to
> use different mounts points (and disk drives) and then if I lose a drive
> I only lose 1 instance until restored. We don't run RAID or anything
> like that. But I think the caveat of the second way is I'll lose some
> performance perhaps as I'll have less drives to work with within each
> instance. If anyone has some thoughts on this then please respond to
> the newsgroups ... thanks
Received on Mon Jun 29 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT