Re: Oracle 11g r2 one node RAC
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:50:28 +1100
Message-ID: <hhjk96$44j$1_at_news.eternal-september.org>
Serge Rielau wrote,on my timestamp of 1/01/2010 7:34 AM:
>>>>>>> • 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!
>>>
>>> I know it's not funny when a joke has to be explained.. but what the
>>> heck was that all about?
>>
>> Just a cheap shot, Serge. You can find a zillion references on the
>> web to z-whatever systems, and the news at some point picked up on
>> someone running large numbers of linux images just to show it could be
>> done. Then taking a sarcastic leap of marketing-will-always-
>> exaggerate faith.
> I did wonder whether Noons intended to say mainframe instead of DB2.
> That was the only way I could resolve the puzzle...
Relax, Serge: Noons didn't write it, he just laughed at the joke.
Maybe if IBM bozos spent some time reading instead of jumping into the usual
ad-homine insinuations they wouldn't look so ridiculous?
HNY:
http://wizofoz2k.deviantart.com/art/Welcome-2010-148684836
Received on Thu Dec 31 2009 - 19:50:28 CST