That's true. We have what I'd guess you'd call a mini-grid in our organization. We are getting the agent installed on all of the database machines for centralized 'checking' of patches, etc. for data calls. Other groups are using other various parts of the 'grid' concept software, like streams and dataguard. So, while we have any RAC's setup, we using parts of the various pieces of the 'grid' concept/software to tie the various pieces across the country together, though not in any concerted, global manor. ------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Ferguson U.S. Geological Survey - Minerals Information Team PO Box 25046, MS-750 Denver, Colorado 80225 Voice (303)236-8747 ext. 321 Fax (303)236-4208 _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Coleman, Kelley (HAC) Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:26 AM To: exriscer@xxxxxxxxx; paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: 10g grid For a true 'grid' with resource partitioning, that's true. But you can utilize the 10g Grid management console with many single instance databases. _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LiShan Cheng Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:18 AM To: paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: 10g grid My point is, how do you setup a Grid with Oracle RDBMS? RAC is not GRID and GRID is not RAC that is true. GRID is a concept, not invented by Oracle. So obviously RAC is not a GRID or viceversa. However if we wanna deploy a GRID environment using Oracle RDBMS we need RAC. In Oracle terms RAC is a Grid Technology. On 3/1/06, Baumgartel, Paul <paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Read 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 <mailto:paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 212.538.1143 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: <mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > 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 ========================================================================== ====