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What Is a Cluster?
Storage Network
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What Is Clusterware?
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Oracle Clusterware
Oracle Clusterware is:
• A key part of Oracle Grid Infrastructure
• Integrated with Oracle
Automatic Storage
Management (ASM)
• The basis for Oracle Cloud
File System
• A foundation for Oracle
Real Application Clusters
(RAC)
• A generalized cluster
infrastructure for all kinds
of applications
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Clusterware Architecture and Cluster Services
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Goals for Oracle Clusterware
• Easy installation
• Easy management
• Continuing tight integration with Oracle RAC
• ASM enhancements with
benefits for all applications
• No additional clusterware
required
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Oracle Clusterware Networking
• Each node must have at least two network adapters.
• Each public network adapter must support TCP/IP.
• The interconnect adapter must support:
– User Datagram Protocol (UDP) or Reliable Data Socket (RDS)
for UNIX and Linux for database communication
– TCP for Windows platforms for database communication
• All platforms use Grid Interprocess Communication (GIPc).
Public network
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Client Database Connections
GNS
DNS
Database
client
SCAN Listener1
listener
Listener2
SCAN
listener
Redirected client
connection SCAN Listener3
listener
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Oracle Flex Clusters
Leaf Nodes (APP Tier)
Shared
storage
Flex Cluster
Topology
Fully Interconnected
Cluster Topology
Application Application
File system
ASM
Logical Volume Manager
Hardware Hardware
Oracle ASM