I think it's more than that. I've got a meeting with the Oracle folks tomorrow for an overview of other stuff, but he did mention that grid computing is not like Oracle Failover.
It's more like you have a group of servers at your disposal. Oracle has *not* been installed on these machines. You have a database running on another machine. As load increases, Oracle will spawn off work onto the other free servers somehow. How the data gets there, and everything works is a mystery to me. But this is what was said by an Oracle technical rep. So it sounds like a true electical power grid, where a server can draw upon other capability as it needs it, and then releases it as it doesn't need it. Sounds awesome if it's true and if it works. Please please please somebody correct me if I'm wrong. I can take the body-blows. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 1:30 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L im not 100% certain. I believe has to do with using 'of the shelf parts' to slap together your own servers instead of paying for expensive ones. You set them up as a 'grid' like structure, so if one CPU fails you can failover to others. I think thats what it is... > > From: Murali_Pavuloori/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2003/10/16 Thu PM 12:19:40 EDT > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: anyone have opinions on the future of the 'grid'? > > > What are blade servers? Could the listers please shed some light on it.... > > thanks, > Murali. > > > |---------+----------------------------> > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | > | > | | Sent by: | > | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | .com | > | | | > | | | > | | 10/16/2003 11:04 | > | | AM | > | | Please respond to| > | | ORACLE-L | > | | | > |---------+----------------------------> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------| > | | > | To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > | cc: | > | Subject: anyone have opinions on the future of the 'grid'? | > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------| > > > > > I was at the Wash DC Oracle conference yesterday and the key note address > was about the future direction of Oracle. It was pretty positive about Grid > technology and blade servers. Anyone out there have any opinions? > > It seems like this technology is probably several years away from being > used in the business and government contracting world. Most places you see > it are in academia. > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). 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