Re: 10gR2 RHL4 on AMD opteron 64-bit or HP Itanium?

"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message news:1134158740.888318_at_jetspin.drizzle.com...
> Bob Jones wrote:
> >>Bob Jones wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>An 8CPU box? We are talking about multi-node clusters with more than 4
> >>>CPUs per node. In OP's case, it is a 2-node.
> >>
> >>Lets return to basics. You are the one, IIRC, that made the comment
> >>that Itanium was more scalable and then defended that by saying that
> >>Opteron scaled to a maximum of 4 CPUs per box while Itanium allowed up
> >>to 100.
> >>
> > Yes, I did. Have you shown otherwise?
>
> Didn't need to or want to as it is irrelevant. You need to learn what
> RAC is ... and more importantly ... what it is not.
>

It seems like you keep trying to avoid the topic: IS ITANIUM MORE SCALABLE THAN OPTERON?
> >>I pointed out that scaling past 4 CPUs per box is ridiculous and goes
> >>against the entire concept Oracle is promoting with respect to RAC.
>
> > That's exactly what I disagree with. What is Oracle's concept? RAC
cannot
> > have more than 4 CPUs per node?
>
> Can't ... nothing. Nothing other than intelligence or a CFO would stop
> someone from building a RAC cluster with IBM mainframes either.
>

Again, another new topic.

> >>So how does your comment above relate to the thread?
>
> > I was simply pointing out the fact that you were comparing a single 8CPU
box
> > to a multi-node RAC has nothing to do with the thread.
>
> It has everything to do with this thread. You just don't understand RAC.

It is quite clear who doesn't understand RAC. Received on Fri Dec 09 2005 - 15:35:43 CST