Re: Distributed database question

From: J Goldman <jason_at_fc.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:51:41 -0600
Message-ID: <3f69d51b$1_at_usenet01.boi.hp.com>


"Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-down_with_spammers_at_no_spam.comcast.net> wrote in message news:eb8ab.281862$2x.78696_at_rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net...
> >
> Why do you want them spread over 3 machines? On one machine you might
 want
> to partition the data into 3 tables and access the partition. You could
 use
> database links and views, but it is going to be very inefficient.(the link
> might have to retrieve the whole table and resolve the query on the
 database
> you are attached to - ouch, dragging all that data over a link.) Whereas
 a
> RAC might be better.
> Jim
>
Well, I did a little bit of reading and I'm not convinced that a cluster approach will
really address my problem. I'm leaning towards more of an EJB approach that I
mentioned in another response. Thanks for the suggestions though.

Regards,
Jason
jason_at_fc.hp.com Received on Thu Sep 18 2003 - 17:51:41 CEST

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