Re: Oracle Grid

"Mark Bole" <makbo_at_pacbell.net> wrote in message news:beNre.1202$NU5.636_at_newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> Mark A wrote:
>
> > "JSchneider" <jeremypaulschneider_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> >
> [...]
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
> Can you tell us what channel (what locale, what time, etc)? Cable,
> broadcast, pirate TV? (you stated "cable news channel" in your original
> post).
>
> I'm very late to the party... surely there must be a multi-media clip of
> this commercial for viewing on the Internet somewhere....
>
> -Mark Bole
>

I saw the ad again last night on ABC, during the baskeball finals. Received on Wed Jun 15 2005 - 07:45:04 CDT