Installation guide

Introducon
Migrang tradional Oracle databases to Oracle Real Applicaon Clusters has become an emerging trend in the IT eld. The reasons
are clear: Oracle RAC oers a way to obtain high availability and high performance benets at a relavely low cost. Dell PowerEdge
servers are one of the most popular plaorms for Oracle RACimplementaons. Dell is now introducing the PowerEdge 6850 server,
which should soon become the plaorm of choice for mission-crical Oracle RAC implementaons.
Much of the available literature regarding Oracle RAC focuses on Linux and Unix implementaons. Nonetheless, Microso Windows
Server is one of the most popular plaorms for implemenng new Oracle databases, and Oracle supports Windows as a
er-1 plaorm for development and deployment.
The purpose of this white paper is to idenfy the issues involved in conguring Oracle RAC on Windows with Dell hardware and to
provide a template for successful implementaons. Topics covered include installing the Operang System for Oracle, conguring
the Cluster hardware, installing Oracle soware, creang the RAC database, and post-installaon tasks. The focus will be on Dell best
pracces for Oracle RAC implementaons. Dell PowerEdge 6850 servers will be used as an example for RAC
implementaon. Both Oracle9i and Oracle10g implementaons will be covered.
To get the greatest benet from this white paper, you should seek the answers to certain key quesons before you proceed:
• What applicaons are going to be connecng to the Oracle RAC cluster?
• Why do you want to deploy Oracle RAC? (high availability?, increased
performance?)
• What is the size of the database?
• How many users are going to be connecng directly to the database?
Answering these key quesons will help you to choose among the various installaon opons presented in this paper, and should
lead to a successful implementaon of Oracle on Microso Windows and the Dell PowerEdge 6850 server.
Execuve Overview
Microso Windows Server is one of the most powerful and exible plaorms available for implemenng Oracle Real Applicaon
Clusters. Implemenng Oracle Database with Real Applicaon Clusters on Windows is a recipe for high availability and scalability on
a low-cost plaorm. This paper will address implemenng this winning combinaon by providing praccal guidelines and examples.
Dell PowerEdge 6850 servers, Intel Xeon 32-bit processors (or Xeon 64-bit processors with the EM64T architecture), and Dell | EMC
storage provide an ideal combinaon of hardware components for implemenng an Oracle RAC database on Windows Server. The
Dell PowerEdge 6850 server adds value by supporng both 32-bit and 64-bit implementaons of Oracle RAC. Near linear scalability, a
wide variety of opons, and an aracve Total Cost of Ownership make the Dell/Microso/Oracle RAC soluon an aracve soluon
for everything from departmental IT needs to mission crical databases.