OCI vs Native connection Pool for RAC

[slaxman]

To support multiple nodes in RAC, OCI has builtin loadbalancing. Since direct mode doesn't have this functionality, the native pool will not work for RAC and I need to use OCI pool only. Am I correct?

[Pinturiccio]

RAC and OCI Pool are not supported in the Direct mode (only in OCI mode). For more information, please refer to
http://www.devart.com/dotconnect/oracle ... eName.html
http://www.devart.com/dotconnect/oracle ... tMode.html

If you decide to use the OCI mode, using OCI pool will be a better decision than using connection pool.