Re: oracle and vmware

"Steve Howard" <stevedhoward_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1159897860.985609.228420_at_e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
>
> DA Morgan wrote:
>> And what can it do that having a second instance on the same
>> machine does not allow?
>>
>> And I might add ... in an Oracle supported environment.
>> --
>> Daniel Morgan
>> University of Washington
>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
>
> OS patches fully regression tested against the Oracle software,
> *especially* during an upgrade of the database software.
>

I don't think OS regression tests are the main selling point of virtualization, especially in a test environment. That kind of tests can be done without VM.

> I really have no desire to hand control of our environment (comprised
> of multiple OS', database vendors, and application technologies) over
> to Oracle. Yes, I know I can do all kinds of things with RAC, but that
> is not the only technology we run. If you assume the only software a
> given org runs is Oracle, you may be able to do what you are
> suggesting, but not in my neck of the woods.
>

You may be a little confused about RAC and VM. They are two different technologies with different purposes.

> Virtualization can be a good thing...
>

It can also be a bad thing. Received on Tue Oct 03 2006 - 19:20:01 CDT