Users Guide

8 Software and Hardware Requirements
Minimum Hardware Requirements
Table 2-2 lists the minimum hardware requirements for Oracle Database 10g
Enterprise Edition on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 or Windows
Server 2008 SP2 Standard/Enterprise x64 Editions. For more information on
specific hardware components, see the documentation included with your
system.
NOTE: To achieve the desired performance, choose 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 Enterprise Edition on Microsoft Windows Server 2003
R2 SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard/Enterprise x64 Editions
Minimum Hardware Requirements
Hardware Component Configuration
Dell PowerEdge 1950 IIII, 2900 III, 2950 II,
T610, T710, R610, R710, R810,R900,
R910, M600, M610, M710, and M910
systems (up to eight nodes using
Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
or Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS)).
• Intel Xeon processor family.
• 1 GB of RAM.
• PERC for internal hard drives.
• Two 73-GB hard drives connected to
a PERC controller.
NOTE: It is recommended that you use
two 73-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected
to an internal RAID controller. See your
PowerEdge system documentation for
more details.
• Three Gigabit NICs.
• Two HBAs
(1 QLE2462/QLE2562 [dual port]
HBA for use with PowerEdge
1950/R610.
• One QME2472/QME2572 or
LPe1105-M4/LPe1205 [dual port]
HBA for use with PowerEdge
M600/M610/M710).