Re: 10g News

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 07:04:29 -0800
Message-ID: <1074783802.375267@yasure>

Jim Kennedy wrote:

> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:1074753875.337856_at_yasure...
> 

>>I learned some information about 10g in a public forum from an Oracle
>>employee today so it gives me "permission" to state it here though to
>>some this may not be new information.
>>
>>There seems to be a lot of confusion about RAC and GRID with some people
>>thinking GRID is just the new name for RAC and that this is a renaming
>>of an existing, or modification of an existing, capability: It is not!
>>
>>10g will have RAC. 10g will have GRID. You will be able to install and
>>use 10g without either, with RAC only, with GRID only, and with both.
>>
>>The differences between RAC and GRID are profound as they refer to two
>>entirely different and separate technologies.
>>
>>I wish I could say more, perhaps I can and don't know it, but this
>>should all become general public knowledge very soon. And I think it is
>>going to knock some people over when they understand what Oracle has done.
>>
>>--
>>Daniel Morgan
>>http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp
>>http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp
>>damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
>>(replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)
>>

> 
> When I was at Oracle World in San Fran. Grid refers to the whole
> infrastructure not just to RAC.  The idea being to scale not just in the
> database end but on the application server end.  To also be able to
> dynamically shift resources around. (eg accounting needs more priority at
> the end of the quarter vs other groups).
> Jim

Exactly. 10g still has RAC so one can install 10g and configure RAC clusters just like they do in 9i. RAC is a mature technology and has not been renamed and is not going away in 10g.

The things that DBAs should be paying attention to, very close attention, is ASM and ADDM. DBAs that don't learn these will do so at their own peril. Oracle is going to actively make the pitch to CIOs that the way you cut cost-of-ownership is to get rid of DBAs that insist on working at the command line. With these tools it is going to be a case of use it or lose it. And what will be lost is the job.

-- 
Daniel Morgan
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http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp
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Received on Thu Jan 22 2004 - 09:04:29 CST