Re: DB2 DOUBLES THE PERFORMANCE OF ORACLE 10G

Posted in 2004

Jack Parker — Sat, 21 Feb 2004 09:06:41 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Who is doing 128? cheers j. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 3:07 AM Subject: Re: DB2 DOUBLES THE PERFORMANCE OF ORACLE 10G > Jack Parker wrote: > > > Perhaps I'm missing something here, but isn't RAC based on a single > > controlling node which has to be running for the whole thing to work? > > > > While I've got you here, what's the largest number of nodes you've seen in a > > RAC cluster so far? I've heard rumours... > > > > cheers > > j. > > You are missing something. There is no single point of failure. Any > node can be killed. In the classes I teach we use a coin-toss to > determine which student gets to walk around the table and pull the > plug from the wall on any other server. It doesn't matter which one > they choose. Less than a minute later the transaction restarts. > > Largest I am aware of ... 128. > > -- > Daniel Morgan > http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp > http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp > damorgan@x.washington.edu > (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply) > > sending to informix-list