Re: Installation of Oracle 10g RAC on solaris

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 15:51:33 -0700
Message-ID: <1091832731.894553@yasure>

dnt_at_linkline.com wrote:

> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1091597426.806150_at_yasure>...
>

>>Praveen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message 
>>>
>>>
>>>>If you use 10g you should not need SunCluster or Veritas provided you
>>>>have read all of the volumes of notes at metalink and are ready to wade
>>>>through that swamp before the release of Patch 1.
>>>>
>>>>But what is it you are planning to use for storage? If you use NetApp,
>>>>for example, clusterware is not required.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for providing the info. We are just setting up a test RAC
>>>system, so going with 9i RAC would need additional clusterware. We use
>>>use veritas for storage.
>>
>>Veritas may be managing your storage but it is not storage. Your storage
>>is likely JBOD but check and be sure. If it is NAS or SAN the
>>clusterware may not be required.

>
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> What do you means when clustware is not required if I use NetApp as a
> storage. I'm currently trying to install 10G RAC. What's the
> requirement hardware or softwares for cluster.
>
> Thanks

With NetApp filer heads the clusterware already exists. There is no need to purchase or install any. Otherwise, if you have 10g, you will want to use the clusteware provided by Oracle.

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Received on Fri Aug 06 2004 - 17:51:33 CDT