>>> >>>Nope, but many think that they will assemble a large system >>>and that it will scale, in a fashion similar to SMP. That >>>has proven not to be the case. Too generic...there are SMPs that scale, and others that don't. I am OK with the idea of chopping up for application isolation, but then hooking RAC between DOMS/LPARs?/VPARs is just plain weird! And I know LS Cheng is not making these decisions too ... -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l