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Oracle RAC

Oracle RAC provides high availability and scalability for databases. It allows multiple servers to access the same database simultaneously, so the failure of a single server does not cause downtime. Unplanned downtime from hardware or software failures or human errors is avoided by failing over to another server. Planned downtime for maintenance can be minimized using RAC. It allows servers to share the workload, improving performance. RAC enables server consolidation and the sharing of resources between different applications.

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Oracle RAC

Oracle RAC provides high availability and scalability for databases. It allows multiple servers to access the same database simultaneously, so the failure of a single server does not cause downtime. Unplanned downtime from hardware or software failures or human errors is avoided by failing over to another server. Planned downtime for maintenance can be minimized using RAC. It allows servers to share the workload, improving performance. RAC enables server consolidation and the sharing of resources between different applications.

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Oracle RAC

Ahmed Saad
Oracle RAC

Real
Application
Clusters
Downtime
Oracle RAC
Unplanned Downtime

Software failures Hardware failures Human errors Disasters

Operating system CPU Operator error Fire

Database Memory User error Flood

Middleware Power supply DBA Earthquake

Application Bus System admin Power failure

Network Disk Sabotage Bombing

Tape

Controllers

Network
Power
Oracle RAC
Planned Downtime

Routine operations Periodic maintenance New deployments

Backups Storage maintenance HW upgrade

Performance mng Initialization parameters OS upgrades

Security mng Software patches DB upgrades

Batches Schema management MidW upgrades

Operating system App upgrades

Middleware Net upgrades


Network
Oracle RAC
What is Cluster ?
Group of servers acting as single system

Requires

-hardware

-software

Traditional use

-availability

-read-only Apps.
Oracle RAC
Oracle RAC
Server Availability Challenge

Server 1
Instance ‘A’
Server 1
Instance ‘A’

Database ‘A’
Oracle RAC
Clusters without RAC

Server 1 Server 2
Instance ‘A’

Database

Removes Server as SINGLE point of failure


Oracle RAC
Clusters without ‘Cloud’ Failover

Server 1 Server 2
Instance ‘A’

Database

Restart single instance on Server 2


Oracle RAC
Real Application Clusters

Server 1 Server 2
Instance ‘A’ Instance ‘B’

Database

SERVER failure - your database remains available


Oracle RAC
RAC vs. ‘Cold’ Failover?

Failover Operation RAC ‘Cold’

Reconfigure Group Membership 15 sec 0 sec


Reconfigure Distributed Locks 5 sec 0 sec
Failover Disk Volumes 0 sec Up to 20 min
Restart Oracle 0 sec Up to 5 min
Recover Oracle 20 sec 20 sec
Warm Buffer Cache 0 sec 10 + min
Total Failover Time < 60 sec > 35 min
Oracle RAC
Sharing Data and Memory

Data
A-Z

Works with ALL applications


Oracle RAC
Before Consolidation
Availability reliant on passive HW

No inherent scalability

Server HW dedicated to application

ERP DW Web CRM


Oracle RAC
Consolidation with RAC
Complete availability…unlimited scalability

Server HW shared between applications

ERP Web

DW CRM
Oracle RAC
Sources and the possibilities of servers
1-Load Balance

distribute the users to database servers equally.

2-Fail Over

In the case of giving a long quarry to a specific server and server panned
For any reason , don’t cancel the quarry but resume it on another server on
The RAC.

3-Parallel Processing

In the case of giving a complex query dividing it on more than one CPU.
Thank You

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