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Is "Single Node RAC" supported on Amazon EC2?

Hi Everyone,

I'm evaluating new ideas to host our infrastructure, and I wanted to know if anyone has tried Oracle "Single Node" RAC on Amazon EC2?  I'm aware that multi-node RAC is NOT supported, but I can't find any reason why single-node wouldn't work.

Does anyone have experience in this, and can possibly point me towards a white paper?

Thanks.
Greg.
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True... and it seems like you're finding the vacuum that I am.  Single-node RAC, whilst technically running a cluster doesn't require the Cluster Interconnect, nor a Shared Disk Array... and from what I know these are the roadblocks to running RAC (supported) on AWS.  There are folks doing it by creating an NFS server to hold their database and using the standard public network interface as their Interconnect, but I don't even want to start down that scary and unsupported track.

I'll have to press AWS more to provide an answer as even though it's not optimal, a single-node RAC config would allow rolling patches and Instance restarts with no downtime... although any Unix server maintenance would still require failover to a standby.  A small win, but any downtime saved is worthwhile.
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Since we are spit-balling here, have you considered the new 12c Container databases?

If you only have one Plugable database (Singletenant) you don't require the Multitenant license.

This might get you the rolling upgrade flexability that you are after without RAC.

Of course if 12c is supported with EC2.
12c... interesting idea.  I'm not sure I want to commit to a new version just yet, as I (like most) don't want to be the first to encounter and document the bugs on behalf of Oracle Corp.  I've already done my fair share over the years!  :-)

At present it's not supported in RDS, but I can't see any reason it couldn't run in EC2 on RedHat.

I'm meeting up with an AWS tech soon, so hopefully I'll get some answers then and I can enlighten everyone.
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