Re: Oracle RAC without clustering

From: Matthias Hoys <idmwarpzone_NOSPAM__at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:49:15 +0200
Message-ID: <4349743d$0$25811$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be>

"stilllearning" <shahswim_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1128882611.724380.181730_at_z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> We have two independent Sparc/Solaris systems sharing Sun's disk
> arrays. Both systems are on the same sub-net and have a separate high
> speed Ethernet connection between them. Is it possible to configure an
> active-active, HA, redundant, Oracle RAC on these systems without using
> Suncluster or other non-builtin clustering software? If no, what would
> be the minimum additional software/configuration required? If Oracle
> built-in software can be used, what component will be required at the
> very least?
>
> I am trying to keep the number of components minimal, yet build a
> highly available, possibly fault tolerant, configuration. Would prefer
> to use raw partitions rather than LVM and such which increase
> complexity.
>
> I know there will be insightful responses. I thank you in advance for
> your help.
>

Oracle Data Guard maybe ?
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/availability/htdocs/DataGuardOverview.html

Note : you need Enterprise Edition for it. Received on Sun Oct 09 2005 - 14:49:15 CDT