On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Guy Rouillier <guyr-ml1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Roberts, Jon wrote: >>> >>> He's talking about having the raw database files on a file server (eg >>> SMB share). DB's like firebird and sqlite can handle this way of >>> accessing the data using the embedded engines. >> >> Active-active, multiple server databases are either a shared nothing or >> a shared disk system. Oracle, for instance is a shared disk system >> where multiple database instances can connect to the same underlying >> disk. > > I'm not sure the point you are making. We have all our Oracle databases > stored on a NetApp, so I think this is the kind of configuration you are He's talking about RAC