Quick Start Manual

18 Installing and Configuring
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 required 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/app ext3 grid osvg 20480
/ ext3 root osvg 10240
/usr ext3 usr 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 and 2048 MB—1.5 x RAM size
• For RAM size between 2049 MB and 16384 MB—the same size as your RAM size
• For RAM size greater than 16384 MB—16384 MB