"Mark Townsend" <markbtownsend_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
news:40208CB6.8030607_at_comcast.net...
> > Unless I've totally misread the papers, the announcement, and the
> > License document. the way I see this is:
> >
> > 1) SE is SE1 with RAC built in;
>
> Correct
>
> > 2) SE can be used in configurations up to 4 CPU whether on a 1 SMP or
> > four clustered 1-CPU machines, whereas SE1 can only go on a 1 or 2 CPU
> > machine.
>
> Correct - note SE will also support a 2x2 RAC cluster (which is probably
> more common than a 4x1 way).
My reading of the docs suggests that this basically means that existing
customers of SE who have purchased the 'upgrade protection' or whatever it
is called, now get RAC as of 10g, when this was previously unavailable.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Wed Feb 04 2004 - 04:25:56 CST
