Re: What is "idle instance"?
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 18:59:34 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <9b724b7c-ae58-45d0-972a-5541e88d8419_at_googlegroups.com>
On Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 6:03:41 AM UTC+10, Mladen Gogala wrote:
> On Sun, 31 May 2015 12:37:35 +0200, John Doe wrote:
>
> > If an instance is created by allocating memory areas and starting
> > background processes then what is an "idle instance" when no oracle
> > database is up and running? No background process exists yet, no memory
> > is allocated but this thingy is called an instance (idle one). Sometimes
> > database is up and running and one still can connect to "idle instance".
> > Isn't a kind of word play here and actually "idle instance" means
> > something different than "real instance"? Can "connected to idle
> > instance" be understood as equivalent of "not connected to `real'
> > instance"?
> >
> > John
>
> An idle instance is devil's workshop.
>
Now now, don't get all religious on me!
:)
Received on Wed Jun 03 2015 - 03:59:34 CEST