Re: Help! Oracle server clustering

Pete Sharman <peter.sharman_at_oracle.com> wrote in message news:<afcvee02cid_at_drn.newsguy.com>...
> In article <1b9e9988.0206260809.4efe5df4_at_posting.google.com>,
> thuthaot_at_hotmail.com says...
> >
> >I am looking to have my 8i oracle server run on NT to two compaq Win2K
> >servers that will back-up for each other. I dont' know waht method I
> >use use and what are the advantages/disadvantages?
> >
> >1. Clustering server or server-mirroring?
> >2. what tools do I need?
> >3. Does Oracle 8i support clustering?
> >4. Any suggestions on using Oracle on Win2K clustering on Fault
> >Tolerance Features?
> >
> >Thanks for any of your feedbacks
> >thao
>
> Need to know more before we can give firm suggestions:
>
> 1. Are the two boxes clustered or not?

      I want to have them clustered but not sure if it is supported by Oracle 8i which we are using

> 2. What are you trying to protect against (machine failure, disaster recovery,
> etc.)?

      Yes, extra redundancy

> 3. Do you want the second box to be used in an active-active configuration, or
> is active-standby what you're looking at?

      What are the differences? I guess I may want active-active config. How do I do that? and what tools do I need?

>
> Depending on the answers to the above, start investigating Parallel Server (RAC
> would be a better option if you can upgrade to 9i) or Oracle FailSafe (NOT
> Oracle Parallel FailSafe which is a different beastie).

   I will.

Thanks
thao Received on Wed Jun 26 2002 - 17:04:14 CDT