For Oracle clustering, no. You can cluster the Oracle database with just the Oracle clustering software without using Sun's or Veritas's clustering. =20 If you want non-Oracle things on the boxes to be clustered, though, you may need to use additional software. Justin Cave Distributed Database Consulting, Inc. http://www.ddbcinc.com/askDDBC -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dba1 mcc Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:45 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: MAX nodes cluster software support RAC on SUN Solaris and Linux? If I use "Oracle Cluster Ready Services Release 1 (10.1.0.2) for SPARC ", do I still need buy "SUN Cluster software 3.X" or "Veritas cluster software for SUN 4.X"? Thanks. --- K Gopalakrishnan <kaygopal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi MCCDBA: >=20 > The # of nodes limitations are coming from the OS clusters. There is=20 > no limit from Oracle side (!). > Of course you can use oracle's clusterware (available from 10g=20 > onwards) to overcome the # of nodes issue listed by you. >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to:=20 > oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at > //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at > //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- =09 =09 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------