Re: More than one RAC instance/database on the same machine ?

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:47:14 +1100
Message-Id: <41840bd2$0$21989$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

Le JeanMimi wrote:

> First, thank you for your answers.
>
> For us, the point is availability (and not scalability).
>
> Say we have two databases A and B and two machines.
> We put A and B in RAC configuration :
> - instance A1 and B1 on machine 1
> - instance A2 and B2 on machine 2
> (A1 and A2 for database A, B1 and B2 for database B)
>
> If the machine 1 crashes, then all the work being done by A1 and B1
> failover to machine 2 (TAF) and everything is very fast ... and
> transparent.
>
> Does it make sense ?
> Thanks (i'm rather new to this)

That makes perfect sense, and will be very easy to do. It is also a perfectly legitimate use for a RAC.

Regards
HJR Received on Sat Oct 30 2004 - 16:47:14 CDT