Troubleshooting

Improving Oracle OLTP database performance with Dell Fluid Cache for DAS
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Virtual
Disk
(VD)
OS Block Device
RAID Group
(RG) Type
#HDDs/
RG
VD Size
Cache Policy
Segment
Size
FRA4
/dev/sdn1
*
5
5
544.50GB
r=ARA
^
;w=WB
64KB
*
- single disk partition spanning the entire disk;
+
- No Read Ahead;
^
- Adaptive Read Ahead
Virtual Disk configuration for Fluid Cache based solution. Table 5.
Block Device
Device Size
Cache Policy
Partition Type
/dev/rssda1*
350GB
default
default (fdisk)
/dev/rssdb1*
350GB
default
default (fdisk)
Rest of the VD configuration is the same as baseline, as described in Table 4
*
- single disk partition spanning the entire disk;
Appendix C. Software configuration
This section provides the software versions, software installation, and software configuration steps for
all the storage solutions described in the Solution design and reference architecture section.
Software Versions Table 6.
Software Versions
Operating System
Oracle Linux 6.2 – 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (Red Hat Compatible
Kernel)
Database
Oracle 11g R2 (standalone database) – 11.2.0.3
Dell Fluid Cache for DAS
v1.0.0
Dell Open Manage
v7.1.2
OSWatcher (stats capture)
OSWatcher Black Box v5.0
Dell Quest Benchmark Factory
(BMF)
v6.8.1
Oracle database Client on BMF
Server
Oracle 11g R2 Client