IBM Spectrum Scale and Oracle RDBMS RAC
(Doc ID 2587696.1)
Last updated on JULY 20, 2024
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 to 12.2.0.1 [Release 11.2 to 12.2]Information in this document applies to any platform.
Purpose
Spectrum Scale, previously known as General Parallel File System or GPFS, is a high-performance clustered file system that can be used in various Oracle Database Real Application Cluster (RAC) configurations.
This article provides basic installation requirements and tasks for Oracle customers intending to install Oracle RAC Database with IBM Spectrum Scale file system on IBM POWER servers with the AIX operating system.
Please see the performance tuning and availability recommendations after the installation section.
Acceptable uses of the IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) file system include:
1. Shared ORACLE_HOME directory for Oracle database installation
2. Shared database files for tablespaces and other general database object containers
3. Oracle Clusterware registry and membership files (i.e. Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) and Vote Disks)*
* For Oracle Database 12cR2, Oracle only supports ASM/NFS for Grid OCR and Vote files. The 12.2 upgrade requires that these files are migrated to ASM. IBM Spectrum Scale will still be used for database files in this release.
Scope
Oracle Database Real Application Cluster - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 to 12.2.0.1
IBM Spectrum Scale - Version 4.1 and 4.2
IBM AIX Operating System -- Version 7.1 and 7.2
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