Installation guide
Summary
Many companies are currently interested in deploying Oracle Real Applicaon Clusters on the Microso Windows Server plaorm.
Microso Windows Server oers a powerful plaorm for corporate databases that may also be managed with skill sets readily
available within most IT departments. Oracle Real Applicaon Clusters oers a exible mechanism for achieving scalability with
relavely inexpensive Intel-based hardware, without the need for large, expensive SMP servers. One combinaon 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 Introducon of the Dell PowerEdge 6850 server with dual 32-bit/64-bit capabilies, 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 plaorm. This
is largely due to a shortage of praccal informaon about how to deploy Oracle RAC on Microso Windows.
This paper addressed that need by oering a “blueprint” for deploying Oracle RAC on Microso Windows with Dell hardware. Every
aspect of the deployment has been covered, including hardware concerns, operang system conguraon, storage and SAN design,
Oracle soware installaon, and database creaon. The advantages of ulizing 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 producon-scale deployment
of Oracle Real Applicaon Clusters and Microso Windows Server on Dell hardware, with full condence in your ulmate success.