Oracle 10g CheapRAC

Oracle 10g RAC :: FAQ

How much did this cost?


  I will assume that you have two PC's capable of running Oracle 10g on SuSE..

  I bought most of these items off of ebay.... so these prices are ballpark of what you should expect to pay

  Of course your costs may vary, I have over priced a few things, be patient, you may possibly come in at $150.

1) SCSI Storage Enclosure, disks, adpaters and cables
Adaptec AHA-2940UW SCSI Card	$30.00	x 2 =	$60.00
SCSI-3 68-pin male to 68-pin male cables	$20.00	x 2 =	$40.00
Seagate ST34371W SCSI Drives	$20.00	x 2 =	$40.00
SCSI Tower	$50.00	x 1 =	$50.00
2) Networking
Netgear FA310TX PCI NIC	$10.00	x 2 =	$20.00
10/100 Crossover Cable	$10.00	x 1 =	$10.00
3) Optional
SCSI Terminator (good for tests)	$20.00	x 1 =	$20.00
TOTAL			$240.00

How do you tell Oracle to use the interconnect network card specifically?


  Create entries in /etc/hosts for each machine...

  #/etc/hosts
  10.0.0.41       safa-rac.ilmtech.com    safa-rac
  10.0.0.51       marwa-rac.ilmtech.com   marwa-rac

  then use the internal name wherever you want the interconnect to be used

  So for example, If you setup a TNS Names entry in tnsnames.ora You would use safa-rac for the hostname
  thereby forcing the interconnect to be used.

  The key is that both machines need to have the internal IP addresses within their /etc/hosts files

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