Re: Why doesn't Oracle care about Linux as IBM does?

Nuno Souto wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:07:31 -0400, Serge Rielau <srielau_at_ca.ibm.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >Requiring clustering software puts limits on scalability:
> >Except for AIX HACMP which supports 32nodes, typically only between 4 and 8
> >nodes are supported today on the common platforms (Linux, Sun, HP, Windows).
>
> I think you'll find with 2K and XP that will most definitely not be
> the case.
>

Citing Microsoft's own claims:

"Cluster service. This service is intended primarily to provide failover support for applications such as databases, messaging systems, and file/print services. Cluster service supports 2-node failover clusters in Windows 2000 Advanced Server and 4-node clusters in Datacenter Server"

[http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/cluster/introcluster.asp]

>
> And none of them will require the extra overhead of HACMP
> to make it work.
>

Overhead? Can you please be a little more specific?

>
> At least not with ORACLE.
>

Aha - OK.

>
> BTW, has the cost of buying, installing and setting up HACMP - and all
> the paraphernalia that goes with it - been taken into account in the
> famous "TCO"? NT and AIX? Or has it somehow slipped between the
> accounting cracks? Let's not even talk about the cost of *finding*
> people adequately trained to run it...
>

I was under the impression that the point here was that you _don't_ need HACMP?

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Christer Palm