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How
to Build a $1000 RAC
For Oracle9i Real Application Clustering
Bradmark's Tom Callaghan outlines his customized
RAC hardware configuration demonstrated at OracleWorld.
Introduction
Many companies are interested in the benefits of Oracle 9i Real Application
Clustering. Some of the main benefits include fault tolerance, load balancing,
and the ease of upgrading capacity. The hardware required for a production
RAC can be very expensive. In fact, the smallest hardware configurations quoted
from first tier hardware vendors can run well over $15K to $20K.
The heart of a production RAC environment is usually a Storage Area Network.
These devices generally start at $15K. When RAC was introduced, we at Bradmark
knew that we needed to provide monitoring and management tools for this
technology. However, we did not need to configure a full-scale production
RAC with a production RAC cost. We needed the minimum configuration we
could find for development and testing.
At OracleWorld we found
that many DBAs are in the same boat. They know that RAC is in
their future. They want to learn about the technology, hands-on,
today, without having to get approval to spend thousands of dollars.
For that purpose we are publishing this
paper on the $1000 RAC. Well - its actually the $1098 RAC. I want to note that
this cost assumes development licenses for OS and Oracle are already available
to the user.
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