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Software and Hardware Requirements 11
Minimum Hardware Requirements
Table 2-2 lists the minimum hardware requirements for Oracle Database
10g/11g Enterprise Edition on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 or
Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise x64 Editions. For more
information on specific hardware components, see the documentation
included with your system.
NOTE: To achieve the desired performance, chose a system that exceeds the
minimum hardware requirements based on the number of users, the applications
you use, and batch processes.
NOTE: The hardware configuration of all the cluster nodes should be identical.
Table 2-2. Oracle Database 10g/11g Enterprise Edition on Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 R2 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise x64 Editions
Minimum Hardware Requirements
Hardware Component Configuration
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1950 IIII, 2900 III,
2950 II, 6850, R900, T610, R610, R710,
M600, M610, M710 systems (up to eight
nodes using Automatic Storage
Management (ASM) or Oracle Cluster
File System (OCFS))
•Intel
®
Xeon
®
processor family.
• 1 GB of RAM.
• PowerEdge Expandable RAID
Controller (PERC) for internal
hard drives.
• Two 73-GB hard drives connected to a
PERC controller.
NOTE: It is recommended to use two
73-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected to
an internal RAID controller. See your
PowerEdge system documentation for
more details.
• Three Gigabit Network Interface Cards
(NICs).
• Two Host Bus Adapters (HBAs)
(1 QLE2462/QLE2562[dual port] HBA
for use with PowerEdge 1950/R610.
• 1 QME2472/QME2572 or LPe1105-
M4/LPe1205 [dual port] HBA for use
with PowerEdge M600/M610/M710).