how different is the concept of a grid from RAC?
>
> From: "Tanel Poder" <tanel.poder.003_at_mail.ee>
> Date: 2003/08/25 Mon PM 03:39:30 EDT
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Subject: Re: Grid
>
> In my understanding, Oracle 10 won't support the "real" grid. Instead it'll
> probably a concept of having singe huge database on a huge storage array/SAN
> and having a bunch of cheap (linux) servers in RAC which can then distribute
> their workload automatically and using service_names mechanism they can
> transparently allocate/deallocate nodes for some specific work.
>
> This is only an assumption, I haven't seen or touched 10g myself, even
> though I would like to :)
>
> Tanel.
>
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> > While I was cleaning up the other day, I noticed a magazine sticking out
> of
> > the middle (sadly, closer to the top) of my still-to-be-read list. The
> cover
> > story of Physics Today (Feb. 2002) is "The Power of Grid Computing". It is
> a
> > pretty good review article on the subject. If anyone is interested, the
> URL
> > is http://www.aip.org/pt/vol-55/iss-2/p42.html
> >
> > The major point seems to be that the grid is simply just a way to share
> > distributed resources. However, utilizing these resources needs an
> > infrastructure in place. It "requires uniform mechanisms for such critical
> > tasks as creating and managing services on remote computers, supporting
> > single sign-on to distributed resources, transferring large datasets at
> high
> > speeds, forming large distributed virtual communities, and maintaining
> > information about the existence, state, and usage policies of community
> > resources...Providing the infrastructure and tools that make large-scale,
> > secure resource sharing possible and straight-forward is the Grid's raison
> > d'etre."
> >
> > In addition, this means that computing resources can be parcelled out like
> a
> > utility. If you need extra CPU, buy it and use it from your utility when
> you
> > need it. You don't need to own the hardware for your peak load. It also
> > becomes easier to share data and applications between colleagues at
> > different locations.
> >
> > I can see how databases are part of this picture, but I am not sure how
> > Oracle will try and place itself at the center of this trend (unless they
> > mangle the concept of Grid in the process).
> >
> > Henry
> >
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