Re: 9i RAC with EMC storage

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:16:59 -0800, Daud wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have never setup RAC before but may have to do it later. It will
> probably be a 2-node RAC on 2 HP boxes (11i) with storage coming from
> EMC. My questions are:
>
> 1 - is the oracle installation much different (and harder) in RAC
> environment?

Think of it this way:

1. Installation of Oracle9i RAC

In a RAC-compatible environment is a breeze. No problem. Easy as pie. Virtually no difference between a single instance and RAC install.

B) Getting a RAC-compatible environment

This is such a ruddy pain that you are encouraged to take a course around that. The catch is that even driver-versions can cause an environment to fall out of favor.

Unfortunately most of Oracle's relevant courses assume that you have a RAC-compatible environment. One workshop that does give some feeling around this is available at http://www.psoug.org

> 2 - as for the filesystem, do I need to use RAW device? Can I not
> configure a normal filesystem?
> Any help/tips/pointers are appreciated. Thanks.

Doubtful. Not many 'normal' file systems allow several computers to write concurrently to them without choking.

You don't ned RAW. But you do need something compatible with your OS that will permit clustered concurrent access.

>
> Daud

lol/FGB Received on Mon Jan 03 2005 - 20:32:11 CST