Re: oracle 3 node rac -- solaris 9 resource manager

From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:04:33 -0500
Message-ID: <ad3aa4c90808220704q445cd6e8u7a6865317983740c@mail.gmail.com>


You might also make sure you have the recommended amount of swap space, I have seen insufficient swap space hang a Solaris RAC database.

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Dan Norris <dannorris_at_dannorris.com> wrote:

> I believe that Solaris, like most *nixs, has a resource management
> facility. However, you need to be very careful when employing it with Oracle
> databases, especially RAC. There is some risk of creating race conditions
> between nodes that can cause node eviction in undesirable ways.
>
> Also see Metalink 317257.1 (looks like it may answer a lot of your
> questions), section 7.1 which says...
>
> "An Oracle RAC installation is composed of several nodes, shared storage,
> and a private interconnect. A local Solaris Container cannot be used as an
> Oracle RAC node, mainly because of the following two reasons:..."
>
> Dan
>
> Ujang Jaenudin wrote:
>
>> lists,
>>
>> suddenly 3 nodes rac got hung.
>> the spike was on IO, moreover solaris also hung, we could not remote.
>> the solution just resetting by pushing power button :)
>>
>> is there any mechanism for managing resources in solaris?
>> as of oracle has resource manager which can manage service/user can
>> utilize cpu by percentage?
>>
>>
>>
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