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Dell/EMC CX3 Series
Oracle RAC 10g
Reference Architecture Guide
Abstract
This document provides an overview of the architecture of the EMC solution for Oracle RAC 10g on Dell/EMC CX3 Series arrays over FPC. This solution was developed by the EMC Commercial Solutions Practice.
Oracle RAC 10g Dell/EMC CX3 Series FCP Reference Architecture Guide A01
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Oracle RAC 10g Dell/EMC CX3 Series FCP Reference Architecture Guide
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Preface |
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Chapter 1 |
Solution Overview.......................................................................................................... |
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The business challenge ................................................................................................... |
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The technology solution ................................................................................................. |
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Solution advantages................................................................................................ |
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Chapter 2 |
Solution Architecture...................................................................................................... |
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Overall architecture ........................................................................................................ |
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General characteristics............................................................................................ |
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Storage network architecture.......................................................................................... |
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Storage architecture ........................................................................................................ |
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High availability and failover ................................................................................. |
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RAID type and RAID group configuration ............................................................ |
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LUN setup............................................................................................................... |
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ASM and OCFS2.................................................................................................... |
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Database server architecture........................................................................................... |
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Oracle Database 10g server FCP network architecture .......................................... |
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Oracle Database 10g server IP network architecture.............................................. |
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Oracle cluster ready services (CRS) ..................................................................... |
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High availability and failover ............................................................................... |
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Application architecture ............................................................................................... |
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Chapter 3 Hardware and Software Resources................................................................................. |
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Hardware resources ........................................................................................................ |
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Software resources.......................................................................................................... |
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2-1 Overall architecture of all Oracle RAC 10g Dell/EMC CX3 Series FCP |
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2-2 Overall architecture of the Oracle RAC 10g Dell/EMC CX3 Series FCP |
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test/dev solution.............................................................................................................. |
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Configuration 1: 3 FC shelf RAID 1-0 / RAID 1....................................... |
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Configuration 2: 3 FC shelf RAID 5 / RAID 1.......................................... |
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Configuration 3: 2 |
FC shelf RAID 1-0 / RAID 1....................................... |
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Configuration 4: 2 |
FC shelf RAID 5 / RAID 1.......................................... |
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2-1 Oracle RAC 10g |
FCP Solution configurations .......................................... |
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2-2 Oracle RAC 10g |
FCP Solution RAID Configurations............................... |
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File system layout ...................................................................................... |
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Database server network interface configuration..................................... |
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Hardware specifications............................................................................. |
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Software specifications .............................................................................. |
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