ODBC RAC configuration question

Hello, Im looking into doing some ODBC load balancing testing on Oracle RAC, but I thought I would ask to see if anyone knew of any potential problems before I get too involved in the setup.
Is load balancing configured more on the ODBC side? or on the RAC listener side?
Thanks,
J

Hi,
I think you don't need a Oracle RAC for this purpose. A hardware clustering might be sufficient for your purpose.
You will need an expert(expert on the OS, network, hardware and Oracle) advise but here are some inputs based on my experience on 8i in similar purpose:
-2 or more nodes interconnected to each other and both connected to a disk array
-a OS clustering software
-OS clustering is configured for a failover
-oracle is installed on both the nodes
-database is installed on disk array
-oracle service is configured for failover on the cluster
-oracle is started for automatic startup on one node
-startup is not automatic on node 2
-incase of failure, oracle instance is started on the second node by the clustering software.
HTH
Regards,
Badri.

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