Are multiple PHYSICAL databases supported in one Oracle 10g RAC environment

[Former Member]

Hi alls,

as of Metalink 220970.1 Oracle RAC is also supporting different databases in one cluster installation. RAC handles any resource as a service and it doesn't matter if these services belongs to only one or to different databases. You install the Oracle Clusterware only once and you create any service you want to make high available.

So is technically possible to install multiple databases on same Oracle Rac environment.

My doubts are related to SAP , does SAP certify such environments ?? we could have one SAP R/3 database and SAP BW database co-exist in a single Oracle RAC environment. or also co-exist SAP database with a non-SAP database (an already existing application) in the same Oracle Rac environment.

Any comment would be higly appreciated.

Silvio Brandani

[Former Member]

Thanks for your answer.

Best Regards,

Silvio

[Former Member]

We have ECC, BI, PI and Portal running on same Oracle RAC environment. We have one RAC for QA systems and one for PRD systems. We are not running any SAP applications along with Non-SAP applications on RAC. Keeping SAP and non-SAP apps separate would be a way to go.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Naveed