Re: Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) on Sun Cluster

Hi,

I've had a go with SunCluster 2.1 and Oracle 8.0.5 on two 2x300 MHz Ultra-2's. The hartbeat/Oracle Group Membership went via a back-to-back 10Mbit ethernet.

The only thing that caused us problems were the shared disk cabinets. I had two Sun SSA 112 with dual 25 MB ports and about 8 disks in each.

The biggest obstacle was related to setting up raw partitions. Cluster Volume Manager did not come easy to me without documentation...

I can recomend using ethernet as interconnect if availability is your main concern in a two-node cluster. If you need more than two nodes and/or expect high traffic on the interconnect I guess SCI is the way to go.

I expect a couple of E450's with extra Ethernet interfaces come out quite cheap compared to E3500. Since you will be using a shared disk array you could also consider the more sexy rackmount E420R!?!?

KMS Samuel P Howard wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> We have a development group that is interested in having us setup a Sun
> Cluster, putting Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) on it, and allowing them to do
> some app develeopment against it. Any suggestions or limitations that
> anyone would care to share?
>
> Obvously, the unix platform is Sun. Currently, we are trying to decide
> between E450's (pci - SCI not supported) and E3500's (sbus - SCI supported).
>
> They are also thinking about making it a 3-node cluster, with only 1-2 nodes
> running OPS, and any/all of the nodes running parts of the Application (no
> idea what the App is supposed to do yet). Any comments about mixing the
> Application on the same nodes as the OPS instances?
>
> What other alternatives are there to OPS? How does Veritas Cluster Server
> compare (OPS not supported at this time) with Oracle HA/Hot Standby?
>
> Please cc: my e-mail for any followups.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Sam
> --
> Sam.Howard_at_TRCInc.com
> Sr. Unix Administrator
Received on Fri Aug 04 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT