I'm really not interested in arguing anymore about what constitutes HA...Most of the time the level of HA required is driven by business requirements anyway... Thanks! ________________________________ From: Jared Still [mailto:jkstill@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 3:02 PM To: Khemmanivanh, Somckit Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle RAC cost justification? On 6/2/05, Khemmanivanh, Somckit <somckit.khemmanivanh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Whoa, a SAN is non-redundant??? I agree it could still be a SPOF but it certainly is redundant component wise... Maybe so. If your SAN goes down, you are out of business, regardless of the number of redundant components it houses. SANs will and do fail. -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l