Re: The cheapest hardware for real RAC

From: hpuxrac <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: 7 Jul 2006 17:28:53 -0700
Message-ID: <1152318533.107376.115330@s53g2000cws.googlegroups.com>

DA Morgan wrote:
> Steve Howard wrote:
> > DA Morgan wrote:
> >> Mladen Gogala wrote:
> >>
> >>> What was the problem with the FireWire?
> >> Try building a 3 or 4 node cluster. ;-)
> >> --
> >> Daniel A. Morgan
> >> University of Washington
> >> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> >> (replace x with u to respond)
> >> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
> >> www.psoug.org
> >
> > I mentioned this a couple of months ago, but perhaps you have forgotten
> > ;-). I built a three node *test* RAC...with firewire.

> I recall that but it is not a supported configuration. The 'Subject',
> above, clearly states "real RAC" and as I recall what you did is not.
> BTW: Can you demonstrate fencing with it? Can you get a node to shoot
> itself in the head? Does it connection load balance?

Why don't you look at the oracle firewire site and see if they have documented doing 3 and 4 node firewire setups?

It is easy to talk about something and be wrong. Why don't you do some research yourself? Received on Fri Jul 07 2006 - 19:28:53 CDT