Re: Running parallel server on Sun hardware

In article <978400834.20882.0.nnrp-07.9e9809ca_at_news.demon.co.uk>,   "Richard Armstrong" <richard.armstrong_at_juno.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> The company I work for wants to migrate a database from Oracle/NT to
 an
> Oracle (parallel server)/Solaris platform. We have run Oracle
 parallel
> server on NT and DEC platforms before but we have never run parallel
 server
> on Sun hardware.
>
> We have had difficulty finding any information at all about running
 OPS on
> Sun hardware. Presumably, as with NT, OPS is only supported on
 certain Sun
> hardware. Can anybody confirm which Sun servers are supported?
>
> Also, some form of clustering software (like the OSD layer in NT) must
 be
> required. Can anybody confirm what this is?
>
> Is a physically shared disk array (like the shared disk subsystem in
 NT)
> required? If so, can anybody recommend suitable disk hardware?
>
> I'm sure many people reading this group will be running OPS on Solaris
 and
> I'd be grateful for any advice or suggestions.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Richard
>
>

Hi Richard,

This is some nice reading for you:
http://www.arsdigita.com/asj/oracle-fault-tolerance/

--
Ronald
http://ronr.nl/unix-dba
The best way to accellerate a computer 'running' windows is by
gravitation


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