There is a product on the market that dramatically reduces the cost of RAc to almost nothing. Its called:
LF ver 1.0 where LF = "license fraud". Of course, to get it, you will need to send me a license fee for LF, plus ongoing maintenance costs. :-) Cheers Connor --- Mogens_N�rgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a bitter, old, twisted man. And I feel like it > when I read this thread. > > Here's why. > > A lot of good people are celebrating the fact that > Oracle RAC can run on > a two-node Intel cluster with Linux on top. Very > cost-efficient, they say. > > Well, here's my small calculation: > > 1. Two 4-cpu Intel boxes: $8.000,- > 2. Linux: 50 cents > 3. Oracle RAC for 8 CPUs: $480.000,- > > So that's 60 dollars to Oracle for every dollar to > Dell/HP/whatever. > > Here's a really bad picture, which I apologise for. > It's not good. But I > cannot come up with a better, so please help me... > > Imagine buying a car which can run, has seats, a > roof, four wheels, > brakes, the ability to turn and go backwards, > built-in radio, etc. Price > $8.000,- > > Imagine that ABS brakes, airbags, anti-skid stuff > and such cost $480.000,- . > > It's not that you don't appreciate ABS, airbags, > etc. It's not that you > think it's expensive to get such fantastic devices. > But it's a lot > compared to the basic price of the car. > > Now, excuse me for being old and bitter: What > exactly is the reason for > going RAC in the first place? And why would you buy > into something which > is really expensive ($60.000,- per cpu) running on > platforms that are - > well - not as well-defined as the old (and dying) > UNIXes? > > Why are you so fascinated by the fact that Intel is > cheap and Linux is > cheap when Oracle is so expensive?!? > > How can we talk about cheap Linxu clusters with RAC, > when the pricing is > as it is? I'd say it sounds a bit like an oxymoron > :) > > Mogens > > Richard Ji wrote: > > >The NBD is a very interesting thing. Thanks for > sharing that. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 12:19 AM > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > >I've just finished a test implementation for a > paper I'm presenting at IOUG > >this spring. > > > >Basically, I did an implementation on two Pentium > II boxes running RedHat > >7.2. It's not too tough to install, but the real > problem is figuring out > >the shared storage pieces. Since I was doing this > on really low-end > >hardware, I wound up doing the shared storage using > NBD's over TCP/IP, which > >got around the issues. > > > >The two docs that help best are the Implementing > RAC on Linux doc on > >Metalink and a document on using NBD's for RAC that > can be found at > >http://www.fi.muni.cz/~kripac/orac-nbd/. > > > >I haven't finished my paper yet, but when it's done > I'd be happy to forward > >it along to you. If you are going to try this out > in a 7.2 environment, > >drop me an email, and I'll be happy to share the > experiences I had. > > > >--Brian > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Brian J. Hengen > >Sr. Software Consultant, BMC Software > >(303)474-4481 (voice), (303)474-4509 (fax) > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Technology doesn't stop moving forward. Neither > should you. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 4:24 PM > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > >Hello everyone, i've been quiet recently, for those > of you who know what > >I've been up to class has been great, emergency > medicine is really kewl. > > > >Now to the oracle stuff, > > > >We're having new requirements by multiple clients > to ask about RAC(not > >necessarily on linux), so a couple of us thought, > we'd try to implement > >it on a few linux servers, as an experiment to see > how its done, etc. > > > >I'd really not purchase RH advanced Server 2.1 and > just try it on rh > >8.0, is this even possible?, I've got like no > experience on the > >clustering side of operating systems. > > > >I've searched the OTN, oracle and RH sites to not > much luck. > > > >Anyone tried this on non RH AS 2.1 and just used > regular RH 8.0 and if > >so are you willing to share the good/bad and > otherwise of your luck with it? > > > >If there is something I missed in the docs on what > I need to do to make > >it happen, point me that way and I'll be glad to > read up on it. > > > >thanks, joe > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mogens_N=F8rgaard?= > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web > hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). 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