One thing to do is check the archives for this forum. There have been a = lot of discussions about RAC. I'm a bit glum about it. I'm pretty new = as an Oracle DBA and we have already installed RAC on our transactional = system and have allocated money for our datawarehouse. At the time I = didn't know enough to influence those decisions. I have observed that = the transactional dba's have had some trouble keeping both nodes up when = they were supposed to be up. What I have extracted out of the conversations here is that your = management problems will increase, your cost will increase, your = performance will decrease. You should gain some increased = availability. If I didn't summarize that right somebody should correct = me.=20 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ray Stell Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:17 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Is RAC DOA? I posed a question here last week wrt RAC and got one response. Is there a concentration of RAC users elsewhere? I find the=20 metalink forum practically worthless, which is probably another strong indicator that RAC is dead. Pricing issues, right?=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Ray Stell stellr@xxxxxx (540) 231-4109 KE4TJC 28^D ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------