Hi!
We're planning to Setup a 11g RAC with Standard Edition. In Standard Edition it is free to use but limited to 4 sockets within the Cluster.
So my question is what is the recommended Hardware Environment regarding high availability within this Setup? Should we use two Servers (both with two sockets) or 4 Servers with one socket (but normally Standard Server Hardware has already two sockets)? The last Option would be 3 Servers (one with 2 sockets and 2 with one sockets).
In my thoughts I would use 3 or 4 servers and NOT only 2. Because if one fails I don't have a Cluster any more...
So how you use RAC in Standard Edition? What is recommended? Maybe there are lots of disadvanteges in using 3 or 4 Servers?
Best Regards,
Markus