Oracle Database 10g The Complete Reference

CHAPTER 41Grid Architecture and Management

The g in Oracle Database 10g stands for “grid.” Grid computing supports the ability to treat the computing infrastructure as a shared service whose composition is managed outside the view of the client applications. In this sense, the computing service can be analogous to an electrical utility in which the systems that provide the service are not directly seen by the end users. The source of the electrical power and the systems used to manage it are unseen by the user.

In a grid architecture, you can manage resources to support end-user needs dynamically. The grid architecture helps improve application availability and also supports resource provisioning to handle changing workloads. Grid resources include ...