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We have investigated Oracle RAC load balance mode and found a -40% performance degradation. This was due to some workloads like EDI using incremental counters that need to be synchronized across all cluster nodes that severely impact write performance and the benefits of load balance mode. The DB table structure has not changed and would require a complete refactoring of the B2Bi database schema.
Our DB support statement applies to base DB functionality and we cannot test every configuration or advanced failover features for the DBs we support. If performance degradation is observed, the DB vendor will need to provide assistance.
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This is very much needed by lot of customers, request IBM team to consider and enhance the product to support Oracle RAC in load balanced mode with optimized SQL queries.
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We are currently reviewing this request with our technical team and will update the status once our analysis is complete.