Cluster Manager Setup The cluster manager software is how the Oracle instances communicate their activities. Obviously this is an important piece to the puzzle as well. Here I review the configs, and then show how to get it up and

Cluster Database Setup Setting up a clustered database is a lot like setting up an normal Oracle database. You have datafiles, controlfiles, redologs, rollback segments, and so on. With a clustered database you have a few new sett

Review of Clustered Features + Architecture Oracle 9iRAC has some important hardware and software components which are distinct from a standard single-instance setup. On the hardware side, you have the IPC interconnect. On high-en

A quick 9iRAC example The names of the two instances I’m using are EAST and WEST, so I’ll use them here to refer to commands you’ll execute at the sqlplus prompt. This test assumes you’re logged into the sa

Summary We covered a lot of ground in this article and it should serve as an introduction to 9iRAC on cheap Linux hardware. There are plenty of other topics to dig into including tuning, backup, SQL*Net setup and Load Balancing, I

INTRODUCTION ———— Let me start by saying that this whole article is rather unorthodox. That’s why I thought the analogy of hitchhiking was so apt. Also if you are a hitchhiker, and you happen to be ca

Introduction Databases, even those running high-powered software like Oracle, can be incredibly touchy, demanding, and even fragile in their own way. For that reason we must take care to optimize and tune them based on characteris

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