Hi Dick, first you have to identify what "poor" is. In one part of the country it could be 100 others 1000 ;-) From what I can tell - this is setup seems to be the most realistic, windows rac for < $1000 with a complete price breakdown. I've been planning to do this. The prices listed are pretty accurate Ideally we would all like to setup RAC on Linux but this document is probably a less painful approach. One that will get you up and running quicker For the maschocists http://www.puschitz.com/InstallingOracle9iRAC.shtml thourogh but.... have fun bob Goulet, Dick wrote: > Some one out here published a description of a poor mans Linux based rac > cluster. Since we're getting ideas about using RAC I have to set up a > test & proof of concept environment. Therefore whoever had the > configuration, could you please send me either the link or a copy (off > list that is). > Dick Goulet > Senior Oracle DBA > Oracle Certified 8i DBA > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l