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Re: 'Oracle Internet Directory' - Complete in-memory database??

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Date: 18 Dec 2005 09:20:37 -0800
Message-ID: <1134926437.862563.229050@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

IANAL_VISTA wrote:
> > In my understanding, Oracle RDBMS is not a complete in-memory database.
> > Allotting a large System Global Area(SGA) will just make large part of
> > the database to be loaded into memory, but still the updates will be
> > written onto the Disks.
> >
> > So, storing in-memory completely is ruled out for Oracle RDBMS. But,
> > what about for 'Oracle Internet Directory'? I would like to know
> > whether it is possible to make the 'Oracle Internet Directory' data
> > completely in in-memory.
> >
> NO.

Fine!
> What happens to "a complete in-memory database" when power is lost?
But, there are complete 'in-memory' databases exist in the Market. Isn't it? AFAIK, they follow the concept of having redundant servers(maybe Primary/Secondary) and additionally backing up the data onto the disk at certain points. Seeing these, I just thought whether the samething can be achieved with Oracle RDBMS/Oracle Internet Directory. Received on Sun Dec 18 2005 - 11:20:37 CST

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