Re: RDBMS Feature Matrix (FAQ in the works !!!)

From: Robert Abbott <abbott_at_priory.enet.dec.com>
Date: 29 MAR 93 10:27:53
Message-ID: <1993Mar29.152810.12045_at_ryn.mro4.dec.com>


In article <1993Mar23.151603.261_at_inet.d48.lilly.com>,  rz80874_at_mcvax0.nohost.nodomain (Brett E. Bowman) writes...

in reply to my query about Oracle V7 having the capability of writing to more than one (distinct, i.e., not mirror copy) redo log file per database.

> When you run in parallel mode, each instance uses a
>different set of log files groups. Thus, each instance has a different active
>log file at any given point in time. This behavior is a change from parallel
>mode under V6. The V6 behavior was to have all instances share the same active
>redo log.

Interesting. Can anyone talk about how recovery is done?

  1. Recovery from node (instance) failure?
  2. Recovery (restore/rollforward) from database disk failure?

Robert K. Abbott
abbott_at_tps.enet.dec.com Received on Mon Mar 29 1993 - 10:27:53 CEST

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