Re: 10gR2 RHL4 on AMD opteron 64-bit or HP Itanium?

From: Bob Jones <email_at_me.not>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:41:49 GMT
Message-ID: <xSmmf.29108$7h7.23024@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>

"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message news:1134158802.801531_at_jetspin.drizzle.com...
> Bob Jones wrote:
> > "HansF" <News.Hans_at_telus.net> wrote in message
> > news:pan.2005.12.08.23.56.33.968323_at_telus.net...
> >
> >>On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:40:48 +0000, Bob Jones wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"HansF" <News.Hans_at_telus.net> wrote in message
> >>>news:pan.2005.12.08.18.31.00.929051_at_telus.net...
> >>>
> >>>>On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:
> >>>>
> >>>>08:12 +0000, Bob Jones wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>If you are building a RAC cluster ... more than 4 CPU's in a box may
> >>>>>>be
> >>>>>>strongly indicative that you haven't been paying attention to
Oracle's
> >>>>>>message.
> >>>>>>--
> >>>>>
> >>>>>And what would that message be?
> >>>>
> >>>>That more than 4 CPU's in a box may be strongly indicative that you
> >>>>don't
> >>>>understand the economic, administrative and computin
> >>
> >>I susspect you are deliberately misreading.
> >>g benefit that RAC can
> >>
> >>>>bring forward.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >
> >
> > It appears your message is a little scrambled.
> >
> >
> >>>Are you implying that RAC cannot have more than 4 CPUs in a box?
> >>
> >>No - I am implying that the economics of anything more that 4 CPU is out
> >>of
> >>whack.
> >>
> >>Nice trolling ...
> >>
> >
> >
> > I didn't know we are changing the topic from scalability to economics.

> You are the one that did it. You are flaunting your lack of
> understanding of RAC and making an argument that is financial insanity.
> --

Who is the one keep changing the topic here. What do you think is a financial insanity? RAC with more than 4CPUs per node? Received on Fri Dec 09 2005 - 15:41:49 CST