I believe in the tnsnames.ora file you can specify a failover address. So
it would just connect to the second server without the user's intervention.
Jim
mikegrof_at_rocketmail.com wrote in message
<78li4n$l21$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>Hi all,
>
>In a traditional Parallel Server setup, you have two servers, each with an
>instance, accessing shared disks with a single database.
>
>node1-->disks/DB1<--node2
>
>However, the user/job will need to be setup to access a specific node
(based
>on the connect string given). So, if a user's PC is setup to connect to
>node1 and node1 crashes, then the user is out of luck. This is great for
>load balancing, but not for availability.
>
>Is there a product, software and/or hardware, that provides for load
balancing
>and availability? So when given a connect string, the user will
automatically
>be connected to any available server with the least load.
>
>I would appreciate any recommendations with specific product names.
>
>Thanks!
>
>
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Received on Wed Jan 27 1999 - 07:32:53 CST
