Re: Building a 10gR1 RAC   I absolutely agree with Hemant--if
you're making a significant change in architecture, presumably
it is due to a business requirement for some better scalability
and/or redundancy (HA) in the environment. If that assumption is
correct, you'd be very wise to pick a well-supported, widely
deployed release like 10g R2 instead of 10g R1. I think you'll
have a much better chance at success on 10g R2 and you'll
certainly find more helpful hints from mailing lists, forums,
and (gasp) Oracle Support.  Having said all that, I'm not an
Apps DBA, but from my novice reading of section 1.2 in the note
referenced below, I don't see the is required. Maybe is
disguised as some other name that is listed there. The example
that follows in section 2 does depict, but that doesn't mean
that the example is using the minimums. Regardless, based on
what little I know about apps, does sound to be a Good Thing all
around and something you should consider if stability,
availability, and scalability are import