Hi, You can use these links to play around.. http://oraclenz.com/2011/02/05/playing-with-oracle-11gr2-oel-56-and-virtualbox-402-1st-part-2/ http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/11g/OracleDB11gR2RACInstallationOnOEL5UsingVirtualBox.php On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Charlotte Hammond < charlottejanehammond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm looking for a cheap way to start playing with RAC in my own time. I'd > like > to run a virtual environment but my current laptop doesn't really have the > power. > > I know you can't run RAC between multiple Amazon EC2 instances, but what if > you > rent a single big EC2 instance and then put VMware or Virtual Box on top of > that? Is that supported/possible? Or any better ideas for the > tightfisted? > This is going to be a really light-usage play area. > > Many thanks! > Charlotte > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >