Re: Oracle Parallel Server - What is it ?

scthomp_at_ibm.net (Simon Thompson) wrote:
>In message <3vkini$916_at_luxor.mch.sni.de> - baier_at_d255s271.mch.sni.de (Hr.
>Baier PD432 tel. 48096) writes:
>:>
>:>Dave Slade (davesl_at_aladdin.co.uk) wrote:
>:>: Hi all,
 

>:>: I understand there is a form of an Oracle Database server described as
>:>: 'Parallel'. Does anybody, in general, know what this is; and what
>:>: does it give above a standard system (If there is such a thing!) ?
 

>:>It is an option in the db-server, which allows you to access a database,
>:>located on shared disks, from more than 1 instances/nodes in shared mode.
>:>It supports SMP clusters and MPP systems. The goal is high availability.
>
>There is a sub-option that is the Parallel Query Option. It lets you run
>queries in Parallel, build indexes (indices?) in Parallel, and load data in
>Parallel. It works on SMP boxes, and, I assume, MPP boxes.
>
>Probably simpler than the Parallel server, but helps with some key
>performance areas.
>
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>| Simon Thompson
>| Christchurch
>| New Zealand
>

Parallel Query is not a SUB option. It has nothing to do with Parallel Server, although the two options can "work together". Received on Fri Aug 04 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST