steve montgomerie wrote,on my timestamp of 24/05/2009 2:04 PM:
On RAC if you lose the db be it 64 nodes or 2 - you're done
True. Of any other db as well. And any other HA environment.
Disk is not cheap? 6.3 TB from DELL on a spiffy MD3000 is $16,000....list.. T-e-r-a-b-y-t-e-s. Might put be back $10,000 with a typical discount
Why is it that when we are buying disk it's always 50grand for a TB? Ah yes: because we buy it in RAID10, platinum grade, fastest possible rpm, high MTBF, etcetc. Of course: one can buy the cheapest possible. And wear the medium term consequences... -- Cheers Nuno Souto in sunny Sydney, Australia dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l