Hardware architecture for Oracle 11g RAC

As database professionals, you will be tasked with finding the best hardware solution when implementing a new RAC environment for Oracle 11g. Cost, performance, and support are key factors to take into account when designing the hardware architecture for RAC. Many considerations need to be planned out for the correct hardware selection for a new or future RAC implementation. We advise that you hold meetings not only among the database team but also with the system, network, and storage administration teams to perform the initial planning of your hardware, storage, and network architecture needed for 11g RAC environments. There is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to laying the foundation for 11g RAC. Vendors also provide resources for sizing and validated configurations that are supported with all of the layers of the Oracle 11g RAC technology stack. The majority of long-term RAC architectural and design issues are due to a lack of using...