Re: Oracle base

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:45:24 -0000, "Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>"Ed Stevens" <nospam_at_noway.nohow> wrote in message
>news:ratis05vagu52msmo8h95mlkad08stmcuv_at_4ax.com...
>> Niall - Thanks for the link. At least that explains the structure,
>> but as you say, it's not convincing. To use their own example of:
>>
>> <begin quote>
>> You can install the same product more than once in the same Oracle
>> base directory, for example:
>>
>> /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1]
>> /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_2]
>> <end quote>
>>
>> why would one want to create two installations of the same release
>> level of binaries -- unless one is from the school that creates a
>> separate oracle account, installation, and environment for each
>> database. And I've not yet been convinced of the advantage of that,
>> either (and I have inherited a set of servers 8.1.7 servers built that
>> way).
>>
>> Or their other example:
>>
>> /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1]
>> /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/client_1]
>>
>> I can't say about 10g, but all other previous releases, if I installed
>> the db software, the client software went with it. So why create a
>> separate directory for client software? Perhaps one wants a
>> client-only install at a different release level from their db
>> install. Perhaps, but I'm still not convinced.
>
>In 10g a number of genuinely client tools (for example the workflow design
>tool - can't recall its name now) that used to come as part of the standard
>CD set are *only* available on the client CD. I think it does possibly make
>sense to do this, and of course it might make security somewhat easier. What
>it does do is make the contortions that were gone through to get the
>'installs from one CD' claim to be valid. Oracle 10g database does indeed
>install from one CD, but you'll probably want the companion CD for the
>database features on that (and for HTMLDB and the web server) and the client
>CD for some of the admin tools.

Then that part of it is starting to make more sense. I guess my failure to see that goes back to the fact that my experience has been only with the rdbms, and unfortunately is closer to 'one year's experience, x times' than it is 'x years experience.' Thanks for helping me see thru the forest.

Thanks.

• Ed Stevens

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