Re: Oracle RAC vs VM WARE

On May 11, 11:42 am, "fitzjarr...@xxxxxxx" <fitzjarr...@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
On May 11, 10:24 am, sybrandb <sybra...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:





On May 11, 5:17 pm, "ame...@xxxxxxx" <ame...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi All,

I'm not real familiar with either of the two technologies I am posting
about, but, we are setting up 2 new servers to run 5 database
instances.

Currently we have 5 older machines, and they are about to go. We are
trying to decide if it would be better to run VM WARE and have 5
virtual machines between the 2 new machines, with the databases
replicating themselves on the other for failover.

OR

Run Oracle RAC.

From what I understand, RAC will make better use of resources should

one instance need it. But I think we're talking about multiple Oracle
Homes on the same box right?

Can anyone offer some feedback maybe on some of their experiences??

Thanks!

For once, please do some homework prior to posting
For instancehttp://www.orafaq.com/faq/rac

Other than that vmware is to RAC as is apples to pears.
They are two completely different concepts.

--
Sybrand Bakker
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I was thinking more like bagels and lox; they aren't the same but they
can go together.

David Fitzjarrell- Hide quoted text -

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Only by running 2/3 instances on a single box you pay a substantial
penalty in terms of CPU, memory and I/O bandwith. Adding a vritual
machine to the mix will only make the whole thing slower. Can you not
consolidate the 5 into 1 and then either replicate to the other
machine or rac them together?

.

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