IM wrote:
> On Jul 8, 12:30 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
>> 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.
>> --
>> Daniel A. Morgan
>> University of Washington
>> damor..._at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Groupwww.psoug.org
>
> Very fair point and I shall try to make sure not to use the word so
> interchangeably in future, especially since my company will be looking
> to adopt RAC in the not-too-distant future.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
When you get to RAC the difference between starting and stopping an
instance and starting and stopping a database is that very different
things happen.
--
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
Received on Sun Jul 08 2007 - 11:51:23 CDT
