Re: Oracle Grid

Mark A wrote:

> I am familiar with RAC. Oracle aired a TV advertisement that showed (in
> graphical format) a blade type installation where one server went down but
> the application continued with the other blades (unlike a mainframe where
> typically there is only one server). The called it GRID and did not mention
> RAC at all.
>
> Since it was an Oracle advertisement, I think it is safe to assume it was to
> be used for data, not just application servers. They were specifically
> touting it as a high availability solution.

Since it was an Oracle advertisement, I think it is safe to assume that they botched the message as they have done repeatedly.

What they showed, based on your description, is Transparent Application Failover, which is part of Net Services and is available with RAC and with DataGuard. It has nothing to do with use of the grid control to manage repurposing of resources.

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