Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC, 4th Edition, February 2007

Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle 9i RAC

Planning Database Storage

Chapter 3110

Storage Planning with CFS

With CFS, the database software and database files (control, redo, data

files), and archive logs may reside on a cluster file system, which is

visible by all nodes.

The following software needs to be installed in order to use this

configuration:

• SGeRAC

•CFS

NOTE For specific CFS Serviceguard Storage Management Suite product

information, refer to the HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite

Version A.02.00 Release Notes.

Configuration Combinations with Oracle 9i RAC

The following configuration combinations show a sample of the

configuration choices (See Table 3-1):

• Configuration 1 is for Oracle software and database files to reside on

CFS.

• Configuration 2 is for Oracle software and archives to reside on CFS,

while the database files are on raw volumes either SLVM or CVM.

• Configuration 3 is for Oracle software and archives to reside on local

file system, while database files reside on CFS.

• Configuration 4 is for Oracle software and archive to reside on local

file system, while the database files are on raw volumes either SLVM

or CVM.

Table 3-1 RAC Software, Archive, Datafiles, SRVM

Configuration

RAC Software,