Message-Id: <10605.116012@fatcity.com> From: "Nancy McCormick" Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:04:10 -0500 Subject: High Availability - 99.999% This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C0134B.F3FD1BA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am trying to understand the possible pieces going into providing 99.999% availability in an Oracle/Sun environment. Everything I have read so far mentions using Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) to provide quick failover if a server (node) or instance fails. In your opinions are there other options besides OPS to provide this functionality? Thanks, Nancy ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C0134B.F3FD1BA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I am = trying to=20 understand the possible pieces going into providing 99.999%=20 availability in an Oracle/Sun environment. Everything I have = read so=20 far mentions using Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) to provide quick = failover if a=20 server (node) or instance fails. In your opinions are there = other=20 options besides OPS to provide this functionality?

Thanks,

Nancy

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