Re: What are RMAN and RAC?

From: Thomas Kyte <tkyte_at_oracle.com>
Date: 31 Mar 2002 11:06:45 -0800
Message-ID: <a87mo502il9@drn.newsguy.com>

In article <a876tn$2gl$1_at_bob.news.rcn.net>, "Ryan says...
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>I see these mentioned all over the place. Could someone briefly tell me what
>it is?
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RMAN - recovery manager. Backup and Recovery software in the database. http://download-east.oracle.com/otndoc/oracle9i/901_doc/nav/docindex.htm#index-REC

RAC - real applications cluster. Allows more then one instance of Oracle to mount and open a single database in a clustered environment. for availability and scalability.
http://download-east.oracle.com/otndoc/oracle9i/901_doc/nav/docindex.htm#index-REA

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