Rich, I presonally know around a handful installations of strech clusters and been part of it. It works and it IS supported by Oracle. -Gopal On Jan 21, 2008 9:28 AM, Goulet, Dick <richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Nigel, > > I have not found any place where I can see that Oracle supports > Stretch clusters and given that you have to use ASM on a RAC install > I've serious doubts about its functionality. The idea I will agree is > not far fetched, but the time lag that can occur is undoubtly can cause > serious damage to the cluster. I've run RAC systems before on 10baseT > and it was absolutely unacceptable. The time delay for the interlink > dragged the system down way too hard. But times change so let me know > how your project goes. > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dick Goulet / Capgemini > North America P&C / East Business Unit > Senior Oracle DBA / Hosting > Office: 508.573.1978 / Mobile: 508.742.5795 / www.capgemini.com > Fax: 508.229.2019 / Email: richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Best Regards, K Gopalakrishnan Co-Author: Oracle Wait Interface, Oracle Press 2004 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/007222729X/ Author: Oracle Database 10g RAC Handbook, Oracle Press 2006 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/007146509X/ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l