SF Oracle RAC hardware requirements
Table: Hardware requirements for basic clusters lists the hardware requirements for basic clusters.
Table: Hardware requirements for basic clusters
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| DVD drive | A DVD drive on one of the nodes in the cluster. |
| Disks | All shared storage disks support SCSI-3 Persistent Reservations (PR). |
| Note: The coordinator disk does not store data, so configure the disk as the smallest possible LUN on a disk array to avoid wasting space. The minimum size required for a coordinator disk is 128 MB. | |
| RAM | Each system requires at least 2 GB. |
| Swap space | For SF Oracle RAC: See the Oracle Metalink document: 169706.1 |
| Network | Two or more private links and one public link. |
| Links must be 100BaseT or gigabit Ethernet directly linking each node to the other node to form a private network that handles direct inter-system communication. These links must be of the same type; you cannot mix 100BaseT and gigabit. | |
| Veritas recommends gigabit Ethernet using enterprise-class switches for the private links. | |
| Oracle RAC requires that all nodes use the IP addresses | |
| from the same subnet. | |
| You can also configure aggregated interfaces. | |
| Fiber Channel or SCSI host bus adapters | At least one additional SCSI or Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter per system for shared data disks. |
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