Now, to dispel any remaining doubts:
/Oracle Clusterware is a complete, _*free of charge clustering
solutio*__*n*_ that can be used outside of Oracle RAC. In such
environments Oracle Clusterware is commonly used for automatic resource
placement, adjustment and management of any kind of application. In both
environments, Oracle Clusterware is responsible for maintaining node
membership and ensuring fencing.
/
Source:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/clustering/rac-wp-12c-1896129.pdf
Please let me know if you need any further explanation.
On 07/20/2016 06:22 PM, Seth Miller wrote:
Well, that's Ilmar Kerm's project who is an experienced Oracle DBA and a participant on this list. There is nothing about that project that proves or disproves whether GI is free.
The licensing information that Andrew posted makes it pretty clear that it is free as long as Oracle's criteria are met. You cannot use GI to protect a PostgreSQL database without a database license on one of the servers in the cluster OR the host OS has an Oracle Linux support contract.
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18248_01/doc/license.112/e10594.pdf
Seth Miller
On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:gogala.mladen@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I know that there are even open source projects with PostgreSQL
and Oracle CRS:
https://code.google.com/p/postgresql-with-oracle-clusterware-scripts/
I doubt that anyone would bother with that if that wasn't free.
On 07/20/2016 02:25 PM, Andrew Kerber wrote:
I can tell if Mladen is correct from his description, this is
from the documentation:
The following components of Oracle Grid Infrastructure can be
used free of charge and
without any restrictions in standalone server or cluster
configurations:
■ Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM)
■ ASM Dynamic Volumes
■ ASM Cluster File System (ACFS) (excludes ACFS snapshots, and
other add-on
features)
■ Oracle Clusterware solely in support of ASM/ADVM/ACFS in a cluster
configuration
■ Oracle Restart solely in support of Oracle Databases and Oracle
ASM on a
standalone server
In addition, Oracle Clusterware can be used to protect any
application (restarting or
failing over the application in the event of a failure), free of
charge, if one or more of
the following conditions are met:
■ The server OS is supported by a valid Oracle Unbreakable Linux
support contract.
■ The product to be protected is either:
– Any Oracle product (e.g. Oracle Applications, Siebel, Hyperion,
Oracle
Database EE, Oracle Database XE)
– Any third-party product that directly or indirectly stores data
in an Oracle
database
■ At least one of the servers in the cluster is licensed for
Oracle Database (SE or EE)
A cluster is defined to include all the machines that share the
same Oracle Cluster
Registry (OCR) and Voting Disk.
On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Mladen Gogala
<gogala.mladen@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:gogala.mladen@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Grid control is free.
.. when used with licensed oracle products.
Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
Principal Consultant at Pythian
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