RAC

E427656

Oracle technology database clustering technology

RAC is Oracle's clustering technology that allows multiple servers to run a single database instance for high availability and scalability.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
RAC canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4278840 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: RAC
Context triple: [Oracle Real Application Clusters, hasAbbreviation, RAC]

A. RAC
RAC is the abbreviation for the Royal African Company, a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company heavily involved in the transatlantic slave trade.
B. The RAC
The RAC is the longtime nickname for Rutgers University’s on-campus basketball arena in Piscataway, New Jersey.
C. RAS
RAS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Royal Astronomical Society, a leading learned society dedicated to the advancement of astronomy and geophysics.
D. RAPC
RAPC is the abbreviation for the Royal Army Pay Corps, a former British Army administrative corps responsible for managing soldiers’ pay and financial services.
E. RAA
RAA is the abbreviation for the Royal Australian Artillery, the artillery corps of the Australian Army responsible for providing fire support and air defense.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: RAC
Target entity description: RAC is Oracle's clustering technology that allows multiple servers to run a single database instance for high availability and scalability.

A. RAC
RAC is the abbreviation for the Royal African Company, a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company heavily involved in the transatlantic slave trade.
B. The RAC
The RAC is the longtime nickname for Rutgers University’s on-campus basketball arena in Piscataway, New Jersey.
C. RAS
RAS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Royal Astronomical Society, a leading learned society dedicated to the advancement of astronomy and geophysics.
D. RAPC
RAPC is the abbreviation for the Royal Army Pay Corps, a former British Army administrative corps responsible for managing soldiers’ pay and financial services.
E. RAA
RAA is the abbreviation for the Royal Australian Artillery, the artillery corps of the Australian Army responsible for providing fire support and air defense.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Oracle technology ⓘ database clustering technology ⓘ
abbreviation	RAC ⓘ
architecture	shared-everything database cluster ⓘ
component	Global Cache Service ⓘ Global Enqueue Service ⓘ Oracle ASM ⓘ linked to: Oracle Automatic Storage Management Oracle Clusterware ⓘ linked to: Oracle Grid Infrastructure
deploymentModel	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure ⓘ on-premises ⓘ
developer	Oracle Corporation ⓘ
enables	clustering of database servers ⓘ multiple servers to access a single database ⓘ
feature	cache fusion ⓘ load balancing ⓘ node failover ⓘ rolling upgrades ⓘ shared database storage ⓘ transparent application failover ⓘ
fullName	Oracle Real Application Clusters ⓘ linked to: Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
improves	database availability ⓘ database scalability ⓘ resource utilization ⓘ
integratesWith	Oracle ASM ⓘ linked to: Oracle Automatic Storage Management Oracle Data Guard ⓘ Oracle Enterprise Manager ⓘ
introducedIn	Oracle9i Database ⓘ linked to: Oracle Database
predecessor	Oracle Parallel Server ⓘ linked to: Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)
provides	automatic failover of database sessions ⓘ automatic workload distribution ⓘ cluster-wide transaction consistency ⓘ
purpose	fault tolerance ⓘ high availability ⓘ scalability ⓘ
requires	Oracle Clusterware ⓘ linked to: Oracle Grid Infrastructure cluster interconnect ⓘ shared disk storage ⓘ
runsOn	clustered servers ⓘ
supports	Oracle Database ⓘ active-active database configuration ⓘ online node addition ⓘ online node removal ⓘ
useCase	consolidation of database workloads ⓘ data warehousing ⓘ mission-critical OLTP systems ⓘ
usedBy	large enterprises ⓘ
usedFor	database consolidation in clusters ⓘ