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On 29 Jan 2002 13:56:48 -0600, allenh_at_starbase.neosoft.com (Allen)
wrote:
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>If you needed a high available database with lots of performance, would
>you rather have several smaller boxes hooked up in a parallel environment
>or one huge server?
You are confusing Parallel Server (several smaller boxes etc...) and Parallel Query (multiple CPUs on one huge server). The former is, other than distributing the workload, going to help you a damn.
Hth
Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address Received on Tue Jan 29 2002 - 15:17:40 CST