Understanding Oracle Database High Availability (HA) Solutions

  RoadToMaster –  Oracle Database offers an integrated suite of high availability solutions that increase availability and eliminate or minimize both planned and unplanned downtime. These solutions also help enterprises maintain business continuity 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

1.  Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)

Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) allows Oracle  Database to run any packaged or custom application unchanged across a set of clustered servers. This capability provides the highest levels of availability and the most flexible scalability. If a clustered server fails, Oracle Database continues running on the surviving servers. When more processing power is needed, you can add another server without interrupting access to data. Continue reading