And of course a standby database is available in se as well. There is a license implication, but not to the same cost as buying ee. On 7/17/09, D'Hooge Freek <Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rac is only available on standard edition with a special use licensing > (which limits for instance the number of cpu's available in the cluster) > > > Freek D'Hooge > Uptime > Oracle Database Administrator > email: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx > tel +32(0)3 451 23 82 > http://www.uptime.be > disclaimer > > > ________________________________________ > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Joerg Jost > Sent: vrijdag 17 juli 2009 10:28 > To: oracle-l-freelists > Subject: Re: rac vs dataguard > > Hi list, > > Just on think to consider is the licence. > > RAC is in Oracle Standard > Dataguard is in Enterprise > Active Dataguard in 11g is an option only available to the Enterprise > Edition > > This circumstance is a big factor for our Company because our customers > whish to > use the Dataguard feature, but especially on new Intel based Servers the > difference > to the Standard Edition is so huge. Often the RAC is the option choosen by > the customers > after comparing the to offers one with Standard and one with Dataguard. > > hth > > Jörg Jost > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l