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

Introduction to Serviceguard Extension for RAC
Chapter 1 15
1 Introduction to Serviceguard
Extension for RAC
Serviceguard Extension for RAC (SGeRAC) enables the Oracle Real
Application Cluster (RAC), formerly known as Oracle Parallel Server
RDBMS, to run on HP high availability clusters under the HP-UX
operating system. This chapter introduces Serviceguard Extension for
RAC and shows where to find different kinds of information in this book.
The following topics are presented:
• What is a Serviceguard Extension for RAC Cluster?
• Serviceguard Extension for RAC Architecture
• Overview of SGeRAC and Cluster File System (CFS)/Cluster Volume
Manager (CVM)
• Overview of SGeRAC and Oracle 10g RAC
• Overview of SGeRAC and Oracle 9i RAC
• Node Failure
• Larger Clusters
• Extended Distance Cluster Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC