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deployment decisions for an Oracle Application Server 10g implementation. This paper
will examine a variety of deployment options including two-tier, three-tier, and multi-tier
topologies. An example architecture for an Enterprise Business Intelligence/Forms
topology will also be discussed.
The main focus of this whitepaper is to provide a step-by-step deployment guide for
installing Oracle Application Server 10g on the Red Hat Linux Operating System with
Dell PowerEdge Servers and Dell/EMC storage. The example installation utilizes a
three-tier model with the following components:
• Client tier
• Portal/Business Intelligence tier
• Infrastructure/Data tier
This topology has the advantages of relatively simple installation and maintenance, along
with reasonable performance.
Detailed installation instructions for the following commonly deployed Oracle
Application Server modules are discussed:
• Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J)
•
OracleAS Web Cache
•
Oracle Identity Management (single sign-on, OID)
•
Oracle Forms Services
• Oracle Reports Services
• OracleAS Portal
Of course, these examples cannot possibly cover all of the available topologies or
deployment options. However, this whitepaper will cover the core installation and
administration techniques that are required for most Oracle Application Server
deployments.