Re: Oracle RAC vs VM WARE

On May 11, 11:17 am, "ame..._at_iwc.net" <ame..._at_iwc.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm not real familiar with either of the two technologies I am posting
> about, but, we are setting up 2 new servers to run 5 database
> instances.
>
> Currently we have 5 older machines, and they are about to go. We are
> trying to decide if it would be better to run VM WARE and have 5
> virtual machines between the 2 new machines, with the databases
> replicating themselves on the other for failover.
>
> OR
>
> Run Oracle RAC.
>
> >From what I understand, RAC will make better use of resources should
>
> one instance need it. But I think we're talking about multiple Oracle
> Homes on the same box right?
>
> Can anyone offer some feedback maybe on some of their experiences??
>
> Thanks!

You should probably read what moans nogood has to say about rac and high availability.

Unless your organization is staffed, trained, and continually test themselves most efforts to setup high availability cause less availability. Received on Sat May 12 2007 - 08:08:04 CDT