I'd think the latency would kill you, but I'm far from an expert on the subject, so I'll sit back and listen to what others have to say..... Mark J. Bobak Oracle DBA ProQuest Company Ann Arbor, MI "Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc" -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol Legros Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 11:40 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RAC nodes I'm wondering if anyone out there that is using RAC has set up their nodes such that half of the nodes reside in one geographic location and the=20 other half of their nodes in another geographic location (ie 100 miles away). I can envision possible issues with network latency or outages, but I'm=20 wondering what other problems/issues others may have found if/when they tried such a configuration. Cheers Carol ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------