Read http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2006/02/so-what-was-answer-part-iii.html <http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2006/02/so-what-was-answer-part-iii.html> RAC is not Grid, Grid is not RAC. Paul Baumgartel paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 212.538.1143 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of LiShan Cheng Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:03 AM To: Derya Oktay Cc: marwin.joy@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: 10g grid Well in Oracle terms a Grid needs RAC. Grid is a technology, concept. On 3/1/06, Derya Oktay < deryaoktay@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:deryaoktay@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: Grid and RAC is not directly related. Grid may contain RAC, but it is not a must. You may have databases 9i, 10g etc. and also hosts Solaris, Win, etc. Grid enables you to manage these nodes. Regards, Derya. On 3/1/06, LiShan Cheng < exriscer@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:exriscer@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: Hi A single database cannot form a Grid. Grid is basically based on Real Application Clusters, i.e you need > 1 server. There are no such grid commands. The whole thing is not that simple. Look http://dizwell.com/main/content/view/22/39/ <http://dizwell.com/main/content/view/22/39/> regards LSC On 3/1/06, marwin saldanha < marwin.joy@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:marwin.joy@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: Hi, Well, I am a final year B.E. student doing a project on Grid and we selected the oracle 10g database for the project. Now, we have installed the database, client and evrything but are confused about how to test the grid. We know the DBA commands from 9i(since I am preparing to be a DBA) but need to know where we can get grid specific commands for 10g. Any help will be gladly accepted, Regards, Marwin ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ==============================================================================