Re: intel clusters in a box

I'm also about to start putting together a cluster for RAC on Oracle10g. What are the Amazons and eBays of the world using for hardware and OS?

And if I may slip in a related question: the Tech. Services directory of our parent company is planning two new data centers, primary and secondary. There will be identical SANs at each (probably HP EVA arrays), connected via high-speed fiber. He is insistent that all data replication between sites take the form of synchronous SAN-to-SAN replication, in which writes at the primary site are not confirmed to the application until the data has traveled over the fiber and been written at the remote site as well. My question is this: Can RAC support such a model, and how? Let's say two RAC nodes at the primary site, and one at the secondary, all part of the same cluster. Can this configuration, can all nodes behave as though they are connected to the *same* physical array?

Thanks in advance.

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:14:36 -0500, Ray Stell <stellr_at_cns.vt.edu> wrote:
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> I've been building my own intel/linux clusters for testing. I'm
> wondering if you have tested any commerical offerings for the whole 9
> yards; processers, FC, and storage.
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> http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_252.html
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