Owner's Manual

10
Recommended OS Partitioning Scheme
The following is a list of systems partioning recommendations for your Oracle
Database. When referencing our partitions, we will use those listed below.
The Oracle Enterprise Linux ISO images can be downloaded from:
http://edelivery.oracle.com/
Creation of a logical volume group is necessary in order to create a logical volume
within this logical volume group. The table below lists the partitions and logical
volumes that need to be created within the logical volume group named "osvg"
(Oracle Solution Volume Group).
*Use the following formula to calculate the size of your swap partition:
• For RAM size between 1024 MB to 2048 MB — 1.5 * 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 * RAM size
NOTE: The following partition scheme is applied in the kickstart file that can be
downloaded at http://www.dell.com/oracle
Table 9. Volumes for Oracle RAC Configuration
Partion File System
Type
Name Volume Group Name Size (MB)
/tmp ext3 tmp 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