Re: Oracle 11g r2 one node RAC
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:46:47 +1100
Message-ID: <hhh36r$j7j$1_at_news.eternal-september.org>
joel garry wrote,on my timestamp of 31/12/2009 3:56 AM:
>>> Failover protection for >>> database and server >>> failures >> Failover to WHAT, since it's a single node?
>
> They are referring to running RAC on a single node of a cluster, so
> they can auto start on another node when failover.
Yeah, but they don't tell anyone that. It's simply stated that one-node RAC can do all that. It can't. Not by itself.
>>> • >>> Operating System Rolling >>> Upgrades and Patches >> How? In a single node? I'd love to see proof...
>
> That would be the Omotion utility. "Your search - oracle +omotion
> site:tahiti.oracle.com - did not match any documents. "
>
> Funny what sites come up googling for Omotion. I still have a button
> from the early '80s that has a circular TKB forever and ever and
> ever... (referring to the DEC Task Builder, particularly its
> performance on Rainbow IIRC). Perhaps now we need one that says DKB
> forever and ever and ever and...
Look, when RAC first came out I asked Grant Ronald very specifically: exactly how does one address upgrades and patches in a RAC setup?
His "reassuring" answer was: "it's all automatic". Alarm bells straight up, everytime someone from Oracle says: "it's all automatic"!
That was with 9i, nearly 10 years ago! Nowadays, they still can't do it... I'll bet anything that Omotion only works in one system: the one they use for demos!
>>> Online load balancing and >>> scale-up >> And that of course is possible with a single node?
>
> Simple, just move to a larger VM. Or two. (what was that goofy face
> smiley again?)
Oh yeah! LOL!
>>> • Support for all Oracle >>> supported platforms >> Ah OK: so single node non_RAC does not support all platforms that RAC supports? >> Where is the RAC version for Mac osx then?
>
> Glad I wasn't sipping the coffee just then...
But the really sad thing is these marketing nongs make claims like that without
even checking their own product range!
Talk about absolutely, totally, *no clue*!...
Cripes, half the add-on product range of the last two years has been on Linux only! For a long time the best advantage of Oracle was their portability and availability in a wide range of platforms, now they are finally shooting themselves in the foot with their strongest (only?) advantage...
>>> • Increases the benefit of >>> Oracle VM with the high >>> availability and scalability of >>> Oracle RAC >> How many sites out there are running production RAC dbs in a virtual >> environment? Last time I asked back in mid2009, I got no answer...
>
> Yeah, it's like how many DB2 environments are running 32000 linux
> images.
ROFL!
Couldn't have said it better!
Received on Wed Dec 30 2009 - 20:46:47 CST