Re: Oracle Grid

From: Jack <Jack_at_none.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 22:15:03 +0300
Message-ID: <42af2cbb$0$16233$9b536df3@news.fv.fi>

Hi!

Oracle quite often gives new product names for new versions, Grid is based quite a lot of RAC.
Surely there are many differences which legitimate that new name. Grid may also seen as new version of RAC.

Jack

"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> kirjoitti viestissä:1118726622.951778_at_yasure...
> Mark A wrote:
>> I just saw a TV advertisement for Oracle Grid on a cable news channel. It
>> is be marketed as continuous availability solution. How does this differ
>> from RAC?
>
> GRID and RAC are two totally different things with little or no
> relationship to each other.
>
> One can have GRID without RAC
> RAC without GRID
> Or both GRID and RAC
>
> RAC relates to the clustering of servers such that a single database
> connects to multiple instances. GRID has to do with repurposing and
> instrumentation of Oracle instances and servers.
>
Received on Tue Jun 14 2005 - 14:15:03 CDT