From: jason@fc.hp.com   
      
   "Jim Kennedy"  wrote in   
   message news:eb8ab.281862$2x.78696@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net...   
   > >   
   > Why do you want them spread over 3 machines?  On one machine you might   
   want   
   > to partition the data into 3 tables and access the partition.  You could   
   use   
   > database links and views, but it is going to be very inefficient.(the link   
   > might have to retrieve the whole table and resolve the query on the   
   database   
   > you are attached to - ouch, dragging all that data over a link.)  Whereas   
   a   
   > RAC might be better.   
   > Jim   
   >   
   Well, I did a little bit of reading and I'm not convinced that a cluster   
   approach will   
   really address my problem.  I'm leaning towards more of an EJB approach that   
   I   
   mentioned in another response.  Thanks for the suggestions though.   
      
   Regards,   
   Jason   
   jason@fc.hp.com   
      
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