instances and databases

From: <java_mensch_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 21:29:05 GMT
Message-ID: <7l652p$v6u$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Hi,

I'm confused about the distinction between databases and instances.

I reckon an Instance is a group of processes which access the physical storage (the database).

The CREATE DATABASE statements has a parameter MAXINSTANCES which presumably means I can have more than one instance per database. Does a value > 1 make any sense if I am not running parallel server ?

Thanks,
Richar Sullivan

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