Re: Yet Another Linux RAC Question

As long as you have some sort of shared disk mechanism, it should work with off the shelf hardware and SuSE or Red Hat Linux. Of course, this would be unsupported as far as Oracle is concerned.

See http://www.polarisdb.com/rac.htm for some useful info about RAC, Linux, and "cheap" hardware.

Steve

"Stephen Wong" <wongyw_at_bii-sg.org> wrote in message news:5869d2e6.0208280424.7aa586e9_at_posting.google.com...
> Call me a cheapskate if you will, but I am trying to implement a
> 2-node Linux RAC cluster. I read the Oracle pages on Linux RAC and I
> spoke with my friendly Oracle sales reps and they all seem to insist
> that I get one of those certified packages from HPaq or Dell - something I
> am hoping I don't have to do.
>
> As far as I am aware, Linux RAC requires no special hardware or software.
> I have also read the IBM Redbook on Linux RAC installation and did not
find
> anything unusual as far as the OS is concerned. (Whether it's Redhat or
SUSE
> makes little difference to me.)
>
> Correct me if I am wrong but it seems that all I need to do is to get 2
> OEM systems along with the necessary FC adapters, switches and storage and
> I am ready to go. Other than possibly a heartbeat monitor between the 2
> nodes, am I missing something?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Stephen Wong
> Systems Manager
> Bioinformatics Institute
> http://www.bii.a-star.edu.sg
Received on Wed Aug 28 2002 - 07:51:36 CDT