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		moe on Feb 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Build Your Distributed Database What are the advantages of CitusDB over Oracle RAC? Your pricing page tells me you will charge me as much as you think I can afford, so Oracle kind of is the elephant in the room here.

dtauzell on Feb 24, 2015 [–]

One big difference seems to be that Oracle RAC uses a shared disk for each node. This means you need a fast disk. Oracle ships a lot of data between RAC nodes so you need a fast interconnect between your nodes (e.g. infiniband).

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