Quick Start Manual

16 Installing and Configuring
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Recommended Operating System Partitioning
Scheme
Creation of a logical volume group is necessary in order to create a logical
volume within this logical volume group. Table 3-1 lists the partitions and
logical volumes that need to be created within the logical volume group
named osvg (Oracle Solution Volume Group).
Table 3-1. Volumes for Oracle RAC Configuration
Partition File System
Type
Name Volume Group
Name
Size (MB)
/tmp ext3 swap osvg 4096
/home ext3 home osvg 8192
/opt/oracle ext3 opt osvg 15384
/ ext3 root osvg 10240
/usr ext3 usr osvg 5120
/crs/oracle ext3 crs osvg 5120
/var ext3 var osvg 2048
swap swap swap osvg *
/boot ext3 256
*Use the following formula to calculate the size of your swap partition:
• For RAM size between 1024 MB to 2048 MB — 1.5 x RAM size
• For RAM size between 2049 MB to 8192 MB — Your swap partition has the same size
as your RAM size
• For RAM size greater than 8192 MB — 0.75
x RAM size