3.7.0 HP StorageWorks HP Scalable NAS File Serving Software provisioning guide for Oracle HP Scalable NAS (AG513-96013, October 2009)

But we still have the issue of Client server failure. To remove the Oracle server (NFS

client) as the last single point of failure, the customer can deploy Oracle RAC, depicted

in Figure 13. HP Scalable NAS has been thoroughly tested using Direct NFS with

this scenario. This scenario also provides the highest possible resource scalability

with respect to both the Oracle server and the NFS server (up to 16 nodes and 2TB

of storage).

Figure 13 Direct NFS, HP Scalable NAS Cluster, Oracle RAC

Oracle validation

Before January, 2007, Oracle Corporation maintained the Oracle Storage

Certification Program to validate NAS technology for use with Oracle Databases.

When certification was in effect, only NAS devices certified through this program

could be used for deploying production Oracle databases.

The PolyServe File

Serving Utility for Oracle, implemented on either IBM xSeries or HP Proliant Servers

with a Storage Area Network (SAN) array, was certified for use with Oracle

databases through the Oracle Storage Certification Program.

For more information about OSCP, see:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/availability/htdocs/oscp.html

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