Think of RAC as "OPS v2", or probably more precisely, "Cache Fusion v2". Older versions of OPS used to require carefully partitioning of a anticipated application across the nodes. In 8.1, this was lessened to some extent and even more so in 9. Thus in 9i, the claim is that you can run a standard application under this "new" OPS without needing to worry about the partitioning issues. Thus you can run a (R)eal (A)pplication" under the (C)luster
hth connor --- dist cash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ORACLE 9i claim it support ORACLE RAC (real > application Cluster). After I > saw couple of Oracle RAC papers, I still confuse > between Oracle RAC and > Parallel server. Can someone give me ideal what are > the major difference > ORACLE RAC and Parallel server? > > > Thanks. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN > Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: dist cash > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). ===== Connor McDonald http://www.oracledba.co.uk (mirrored at http://www.oradba.freeserve.co.uk) "Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Connor=20McDonald?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).