Of course,
technologies and industry pricing practices often change more frequently
than major database releases, and that is one of the reasons
why we don??™t dwell on pricing in this book. To figure out current
tradeoffs, youwill likely need the help of both your platform provider
and Oracle.
Table 12-2 provides a comparison of the relative strengths of the different deployment
platforms for scalability, manageability, and availability.
Table 12-2. Relative strengths of deployment platforms
Ranking Scalability Manageability Availability
Best Grid
Cluster
Uniprocessor
SMP
Grid
Cluster
Worst
SMP
Uniprocessor
Grid
Cluster
SMP
Uniprocessor
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You should select a storage technology based on your performance and recovery
requirements and budget. In general, more expensive solutions offer better
performance and more flexible availability options. Be sure to consider throughput
requirements as you choose storage.
Approaches to Choosing Platforms
When selecting a solution for deployment, most organizations choose systems that
will meet anticipated performance and scalability needs for the near future, taking
into account management and availability requirements.
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