Leading Think Tank Says Oracle RAC Gains Momentum; Reliability Cited as Key Factor

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To summarize the results of a recent study conducted by Forrester Research, Inc, most Oracle customers stated (35 participated in the study) that “Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) met or exceeded their high-availability requirements to support mission-critical database applications”.

The study went on to say that “Oracle RAC has come a long way in establishing itself as a key technology in delivering unparalleled high availability and scalability solutions for Oracle databases”.

It is estimated there are more than 1,200 Oracle customers who are currently using RAC in production, and this is likely to double in the next 12 to 18 months as enterprises look to deploy low-cost commodity servers and extend their applications to support higher availability.

Source: Forrester Research, Inc.

Hardware Partitioning and Oracle Software Compliance

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More than a few Oracle clients utilize hardware partitioning on their servers, sometimes partitioning off as little as 1 to 4 CPU’s and then applying/installing Oracle’s SE database. That’s a big Oracle license compliance no-no.

Why? Because Oracle’s licensing rule specifically states that: SE cannot be licensed on a server with a capacity greater than 4 processors or multi-cores. And if SE is used as a part of RAC, then the total number of processors or multi-cores comprising the cluster also cannot exceed four (4) processors or multi- cores.

Oh, Canada!

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Miro will be speaking to Canadian groups in Winnipeg and Toronto during June, as follows:

June 6, 2006 Scott Rosenberg to address the PeopleSoft Western RUG Conference & Trade Show www.wcrug.ca/.

June 27, 2006 Scott Rosenberg to address the Eastern Canada Regional User Group (ECRUG) and Southern Ontario Oracle Applications User Group (SO- OAUG) User Group Conference to be held in Toronto, Ontario.

Other Upcoming Miro Speaking Engagements

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April 27, 2006 Scott Rosenberg to address the AITP of St. Louis, MO.

June 23, 2006 Ken Saloway to address the New Jersey Oracle Applications User Group (NJOAUG) meeting to be held in Somerset, NJ.

October 18-20, 2006 Scott Rosenberg to address the IAITAM 2006 Annual Conference & Exhibition to be held in Cleveland, OH.