Installation guide

Summary
Many companies are currently interested in deploying Oracle Real Applicaon Clusters on the Microso Windows Server plaorm.
Microso Windows Server oers a powerful plaorm for corporate databases that may also be managed with skill sets readily
available within most IT departments. Oracle Real Applicaon Clusters oers a exible mechanism for achieving scalability with
relavely inexpensive Intel-based hardware, without the need for large, expensive SMP servers. One combinaon of hardware
resources that is proving increasingly popular for these deployments are Dell PowerEdge servers, Intel Xeon and Xeon EM64T pro-
cessors, and Dell | EMC storage. With the Introducon of the Dell PowerEdge 6850 server with dual 32-bit/64-bit capabilies, the
interest level in RAC deployments on Windows is sure to increase.
Despite the interest level, many companies are slow to make the commitment to the Microso Windows/ Oracle RAC plaorm. This
is largely due to a shortage of praccal informaon about how to deploy Oracle RAC on Microso Windows.
This paper addressed that need by oering a “blueprint” for deploying Oracle RAC on Microso Windows with Dell hardware. Every
aspect of the deployment has been covered, including hardware concerns, operang system conguraon, storage and SAN design,
Oracle soware installaon, and database creaon. The advantages of ulizing Dell PowerEdge 6850 servers for RAC deployments
were also explored. By following the guidelines presented in this paper, you will be able to implement a producon-scale deployment
of Oracle Real Applicaon Clusters and Microso Windows Server on Dell hardware, with full condence in your ulmate success.