tojo wrote:
> In article <1074753875.337856_at_yasure>, damorgan_at_x.washington.edu says...
>
>>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.
>>
>>
>
> At Oracle World in Paris Larry said (by video) that GRID is the über-
> term for the cluster (includig hardware, databases, cluster software,
> management software) and RAC is the technology that ties it all
> together. I guess things have changed?
>
> -- Tom
Far be it from me to disagree with Mr. E. but I certainly wouldn't have
described it in those terms if I wanted to clearly communicate the
changes in 10g. The grid piece also includes OAS 10g and most
importantly ASM.
--
Daniel Morgan
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Received on Thu Jan 22 2004 - 09:06:16 CST
