Re: Oracle 11g r2 one node RAC

From: hpuxrac <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:29:06 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <d3a290c4-0173-404a-94dd-52c66084bc23_at_a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>

On Dec 27, 9:43 pm, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mla..._at_gmail.com> wrote:

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> >  So exactly what is the point of
> > all that "one node RAC" utter marketing nonsense?
>
> That's fairly simple: it is easy to expand one node RAC into two node RAC
> and three node RAC.  Basically, it's a sales tool. If you already own one
> node RAC, you are far more likely to expand it into a several node RAC
> than if you just have an Oracle EE server without RAC.

The claim of course is that the customers demanded this "feature".

It certainly may have been demanded by Oracle partners who may be able to sell the one node rac first then upsell to multi node rac later. Received on Mon Dec 28 2009 - 12:29:06 CST