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Setting Up an iSCSI Cluster 49
Table 6-1 shows a sample volume configuration.
Create volumes in the Dell EqualLogic PS5000XV array and create access list
to allow all host iSCSI network interfaces to access the volumes. For example,
the following volumes are created:
• mdi-ocr
• mdi-data1
• mdi-fra1
Table 6-1. Configuring Volumes for Oracle RAC
Number of
Volumes
Minimum
Size
RAID Number of
Partitions
Used For Operating System
Mapping
Five 1024 MB 10 One Voting Disk,
Oracle Cluster
Registry (OCR)
ASM disk group
for Cluster
Registry (OCR)
and Voting disk
One Larger than
the size
of your
database
10 One Data ASM disk group
DATABASEDG
One Minimum
twice the
size of your
second area
volume(s)
5 One Flash Recovery
Area
ASM disk group
FLASHBACKDG
One
(Optional)
10 GB 10 One Shared DB
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ASM disk group
for Shared DB
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