Re: Crash/instance recovery

IM wrote:

> Er, it's my understanding that "instance recovery" is exactly what
> Oracle does following a SHUTDOWN ABORT or a STARTUP FORCE... simply a
> recovery that does not need any DBA intervention (aside from a STARTUP
> in the case of a SHUTDOWN ABORT).

An instance is processes running in memory. I understand the use, or perhaps misuse, of the word is rampant but I'm on a bit of a crusade to use the term literally as not doing so causes great pain and suffering when applied to RAC and Data Guard.

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