As Published in Oracle Magazine, January/February 2007
GridApp Systems Offer Free Oracle Real Application Clusters Licenses
GridApp Systems' "Ready. Set. RAC!" promotion bundles GridApp's D2500 database appliance with free Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) licenses. GridApp's reference architecture for Oracle RAC allows companies to avoid possible unforeseen costs of installing and managing an Oracle RAC environment. The "Ready. Set. RAC!" offering also includes optional storage and migration services.
GridApp's D2500 appliance combines IBM BladeCenter servers with Clarity, GridApp's database automation software, to simplify, automate, and virtualize the database environment. Because of the simplification and automation it provides, the D2500 can be put into production within one day and can scale databases in minutes, says GridApp Chief Scientist Matt Zito