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Enterprise Topology: Portal, BI, Wireless, Forms and Reports Services Installation and Configuration
2-4 Advanced Topologies for Enterprise Deployments
Table 2–2 Considerations when installing and configuring Portal, BI, Wireless, and
Forms and Reports
Consideration User Consideration
Overview Web Server Tier: OHS stand alone installs on multiple
machines
Application Server Tier: Middle tiers hosted on one big
machine or multiple machines for multiple applications
Infrastructure: Dedicated or shared Product Metadata Services.
Shared Security Service, Centralized Management
Special Install Requirements:
Cluster Machine installs
Cloning, Reassociation: NFS Machine installs Hardware
Cluster Support
Co-existence of other Oracle Products: Oracle Application
Server and Oracle Application Server Infrastructure in 2
different Oracle Home, IP Platform Build time environment in
another Oracle Home
Criteria for Best User Experience regarding Install:
Easy to install and clone
No patch requirements immediately after install
Installations that can be easily cloned
Flexible Distributed Infrastructure Services
Hardware Details Web server tier/Application Server tier:
Single big Host or farm of small machines for Middle tier
Single big Host machine details:
OS: Solaris (Of the order of E280’s or above) or HP or IBM AIX
CPU: 2 – 4 (400Mhz or greater)
RAM: 8G
Hard Disk: 80GB
Small machine details (min. 2-3, high end 6-8):
OS: Linux, or Solaris or HP or IBM AIX
CPU: 1 - 2 (400Mhz or greater for Solaris, 600Mhz or greater for
Linux)
RAM: 512M – 1G per node
Hard Disk: 10 – 20 GB
Infrastructure:
OS: Solaris or HP or IBM AIX
CPU: 1 – 2 CPU
RAM: 512M - 1G
Hard Disk: 10 – 20 GB