at the reston,va office there will be a talk at the end of next month about the new RAC features in version 10 of oracle. dont know how technical it is. not familiar with the persons name. might be a sale pitch.
in case anyone is interested. natcap.org i believe is the site.
>
> From: "Tanel Poder" <tanel.poder.003_at_mail.ee>
> Date: 2003/08/25 Mon PM 04:24:34 EDT
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Subject: Re: Re: Grid
>
> Don't know more than I wrote. And I even don't *know* that :)
>
> I guess we'll find out in September.
>
> Tanel.
>
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>
> > 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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> > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 9:09 PM
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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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