Introduction

Whatever is heard from whomsoever’s mouth,Wisdom will rightly discern its true meaning.

—Kural 423: Thiruvalluvar

I work as a consultant and visit many sites for Oracle RAC implementations around the globe. My regular work involves answering simple questions such as what platform to choose for RAC as well as working on very complex performance problems. Most of the customers I’ve met complain that there is no definite text available on the subject and many of them still treat RAC as a “black box.” This is true even for seasoned database administrators who have been working on Oracle databases for many years! Customers who had previously implemented Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) also wanted to know how RAC works and how it is different ...

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