PPT summarizing the options: http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/availability/pdf/DRChoices_PPT.pdf There is an accompanying white paper as well. also known as "Stretch Cluster" Job --- On Thu, 3/25/10, Nigel Thomas <nigel.cl.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Nigel Thomas <nigel.cl.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: RAC node distance To: veeeraman@xxxxxxxxx Cc: "ORACLE-L" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 7:02 AM There have been Oracle-L threads on this subject before: see for example //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/01-2008/msg00602.html. I am aware of at least a couple of "stretch clusters" separated by 30-50 km. A response to my blog post (1/2008) got a response from Dan Norris pointing at Oracle white papers on the subject of "extended distance clusters". Regards Nigel 2010/3/25 Ram Raman <veeeraman@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi > > We have a 2 node RAC for one of our new applications. There are 2 sets > of application/web servers; each set located on different building separated > by about 3 city blocks. But, both the RAC nodes are in one of the buildings. > The management seemed to be inclined to want to separate them in different > buildings. To me that does not sound like a great idea, with interconnect > traffic and such. Questions: #yiv728408574 #avg_ls_inline_popup {padding:0px 0px;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px;width:240px;overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;color:black;font-size:10px;text-align:left;line-height:13px;}