Hi MCCDBA: The # of nodes limitations are coming from the OS clusters. There is no limit from Oracle side (!). Of course you can use oracle's clusterware (available from 10g onwards) to overcome the # of nodes issue listed by you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------