Dell Best Practices Programs for Oracle INFOBrief



INFOBrief

Dell Best Practices Program

For Oracle

Dell Tested and Supported Solutions,

helping to make Oracle easy-to-deploy

and more affordable

Key Points

• Dell’s Best Practices Program for Oracle is a quality assurance and knowledge-based program provided by Dell, in collaboration with EMC and Oracle. This collaboration brings together the knowledge, power and reliability of enterprise vendors, while making the solutions more affordable and easy to deploy and manage.

• Under this program, Dell, EMC and Oracle provide white papers, migration strategies, joint professional and support services, customer success stories, and much more. Available for both Linux and Windows, these resources are available from a central repository of information.

• On Linux, Best Practices Configurations are available for an Oracle Database and Real Application Clusters, and represent the most efficient, predictable and reliable system stacks for the roll-out mission critical databases. Refer to the support matrices for more information.

• Dell especially recommends the selection of a Best Practices Configuration for Oracle Real Application Clusters, due to the high number of components in the cluster and the added value of the Dell solution, providing an integrated, tested and optimized clustered database system with compatible software and targeted services offerings.

Dell | Oracle Background

Dell and Oracle share a global partnership ranging from joint product development to professional services, seamless customer support, white papers and performance benchmarks, with the intent to optimize the deployment and ongoing usage of Oracle software on Dell systems.

The advent of standardization of enterprise computing now allows the acquisition of industry standard systems (servers, storage, and peripherals) capable of similar or higher levels of performance and reliability at a fraction of the cost of legacy, proprietary systems.

This shift in paradigm has happened for the past few years and is today experiencing its highest growth with rapid customer adoption of industry standards technologies for Oracle deployments.

Key business enablers involve:

• The Dell and Oracle alliance. Under this global partnership, Oracle is now developing their software products for Linux using Dell systems. Oracle is now using thousands of Dell servers for their development and IT infrastructure, and Dell also runs many of its key enterprise applications on Oracle software.

• A direction set by both companies to deliver world class solutions for small and large organizations

• Joint Dell and Oracle go-to-market initiatives, from customer visits to local events, advertising, sales programs.

• Customer successes and mass adoption of industry standard technology

From a technical standpoint, three enablers summarize the advent of standardization of enterprise computing with Oracle:

• Standards-based hardware has become extremely powerful and now often surpasses the price / performance levels of proprietary systems

• Scalability and reliability are achieved through clustering, which is the aggregation of multiple systems designed to deliver performance and redundancy levels far superior to a large single system, while at the same time costing much less overall.

• Linux and Windows operating systems have improved to such an extent that they now have equivalent features to proprietary Unix operating systems.

Running Oracle on Dell: Fundamental Concepts

Oracle has several lines of products. Below are the most commonly used:

➢ Database (Standalone and Real Application Clusters)

➢ Application Server

➢ E-business Suite

➢ Collaboration Suite

Fundamentally, Oracle software runs of on top of the Operating System layer. When selecting an Oracle product, the first consideration is therefore to look at which operating system is supported for this software. Overall, Oracle certifies its line of products on two industry standards operating systems: Microsoft® Windows® and Red Hat® Linux® Advanced Server.

This Operating System (OS) based model is called General Computing. Under the general computing model, nearly all Oracle products run on Dell hardware systems qualified for Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux Advanced Server. An important step when purchasing hardware is to ensure that the device has adequate operating system support. The hardware device also has to meet Oracle’s minimum requirements, which most Dell systems meet and often surpass by a wide margin once the basic configuration has been enriched with processors, memory, I/O channels and storage capabilities.

Oracle Real Application Clusters have additional requirements, due to their architecture.

Best Practices Program Overview

The table below provides an overview of the Best Practices Program by Oracle product and by operating system.

|Product |Linux OS |Windows OS |

| | | |

|Oracle9i Database |White papers |White papers |

| |Dell Professional Services |Dell Professional Services |

| |Dell Best Practices Configurations (ORC9IL) |Software Support from Oracle |

| |Seamless Dell | Oracle Support with GOLD |Dell Seamless Support with GOLD PESS |

| |PESS | |

| | | |

|Oracle9i RAC |White papers |White papers |

| |Dell Professional Services |Dell Professional Services |

| |Dell Best Practices Configurations (ORC9RAC)|EMC-tested configurations (Best Practices as|

| |Seamless Dell | Oracle Support with GOLD |custom solutions) |

| |PESS |Software Support from Oracle |

| | |Dell Seamless Support with GOLD PESS |

| | | |

|Oracle9i AS |White papers |White papers |

| |Dell Professional Services |Dell Professional Services |

| |Seamless Dell | Oracle Support with GOLD |Software Support from Oracle |

| |PESS |Dell Seamless Support with GOLD PESS |

| | | |

|Oracle E-business suite |Dell Professional Services |Dell Professional Services |

| |Seamless Dell | Oracle Support with GOLD |Software Support from Oracle |

| |PESS |Dell Seamless Support with GOLD PESS |

| | | |

|Other Oracle applications |Seamless Dell | Oracle Support with GOLD |Software Support from Oracle |

| |PESS |Dell Seamless Support with GOLD PESS |

Oracle Best Practices Configurations on Linux (Database Standalone, and RAC)

A. Oracle9i Database on Linux (non RAC)

Best Practices Configurations

The Oracle9i Database Best Practices Configurations provide a range of tested servers and storage options for optimal interoperability with Oracle9i database, and are available on Red Hat Linux 2.1 Advanced Server.

Tested servers:

• PowerEdge™ 6650

• PowerEdge 6600

• PowerEdge 4600

• PowerEdge 2600

• PowerEdge 2650

• PowerEdge 1750

Tested storage:

• Internal storage

• External storage: PowerVault™ 220S with up to 1.022GB of storage or Dell™ | EMC® CX200, CX400 or CX600

Other storage may be used following the general computing model. Customers need to ensure that the storage device supports the operating system and the controllers.

Required software: (Dell legend code ORC9IL)

This Dell Best Practices Configurations are delivered with the optimal software media and patches. The packages include:

• Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 with 3-year support from Dell (Gold support + Red Hat Network for 3 years)

• Oracle9i Database Release 2 media (CDs and documentation. Does not include the Oracle licenses)

• A Dell deployment CD for Linux and Oracle, which helps optimize, accelerate and simplify the installation

• Dell documentation

The software stack uses the Dell deployment CD and is not factory installed. This Dell | Oracle media kit does not include the Oracle licenses, which are sold separately through Dell Software & Peripherals.

B. Oracle9i RAC

Best Practices Configurations

The Dell | Oracle9i Real Application Clusters (RAC) Best Practices Configurations on Linux are tested by Dell, Oracle and EMC and provide a consolidated release of all the components involved in the parallel database cluster. Through this unique value proposition, Dell, EMC and Oracle are able to deliver an integrated solution, and Dell can also provide seamless support through the Gold support offering for the entire cluster. Refer to the support section to learn more.

What are Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)?

An Oracle RAC is a parallel database clustering technology from Oracle and is an option of Oracle9i Enterprise Edition. RAC enables IT organizations to acquire key competitive advantages from a technical and business standpoint:

Scalability: An Oracle RAC is an active-active cluster with shared storage, whereby multiple servers can work in parallel on the same set of data. Through a cluster interconnect technology called CacheFusion, up to 8 database server nodes are connected over a private Gigabit1 interconnect, and are sharing database storage, using SCSI or Fiber Channel technology. This allows the customer to start with a small cluster at a low cost, and adding nodes as growth requirements increase. The maximum configuration supported by Dell is eight PowerEdge 8450 servers (8 CPU, 16GB of memory per server), which combined provide the capacity of a 64-CPU database system and up to 128MB of shared memory across the server nodes.

Availability: An Oracle RAC, in addition to providing performance and scaling beyond a single server, delivers fault tolerance and helps deliver maximum uptime. Dell, Oracle and EMC have worked together on making the cluster fully redundant so that the database can remain up and running in the event of a component failure in the cluster (server, switch, disk, interconnect, etc). A Dell white paper called “Oracle RAC Failure Modes and Effects Analysis” documents the cluster behavior and resilience under induced destructive testing, and is available for download in the Dell | Oracle Best Practices Center.

Dell and EMC also provide advanced solutions for disaster recovery, such as backup strategies for the RAC, and snapshot and mirroring solutions to remote sites to provide site-level protection.

Unix to Intel migration: Through the clustering technology of the RAC, customers are now benefiting from scalable and fault tolerant database systems running on Linux or Windows and industry standard hardware. A RAC often costs a small fraction of an equivalent proprietary system, and allows the customer to scale as needed instead of purchasing a large system upfront, which itself represents a single point of failure. The Best Practices Configurations from Dell, Oracle and EMC deliver the quality assurance and knowledge base to ensure the success of the deployment as well as ongoing maintenance of the system.

Figure 1

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A complete white paper presenting Oracle9i Real Application Clusters technology for Dell is available from the Dell Power Solutions magazine. Click here to access the white paper.

Oracle RAC Deployment Options

There are three levels of quality assurance and support available today on RAC configurations.

RAC Level 1: Oracle’s RAC Technology Compatibility Matrix (RTCM)

• Supported on Windows and Linux

• This is Oracle’s matrix of supported hardware technologies, as well as operating systems versions, for RACs. This matrix is owned by Oracle and defines the boundaries of what Oracle will support with its clusterware. Because the RAC is part of the Oracle software stack, it is supported by Oracle primarily.

• This deployment model is seen in cases where customer requirements include usage of installed base hardware that is compatible with the RTCM. Examples include the leverage of existing storage area networks (SAN) already in place or other “heterogeneous” clusters built ad-hoc.

• Relying only on the RTCM matrix requires customers to check with each vendor involved in the cluster (server, storage, controller cards, switches, operating system, and database software) to determine if the component is supported for a RAC cluster and can be quite a complex task to achieve.

• For this reason, Dell recommends a vendor tested RAC configuration where a known matrix of supported components is available. These configurations refer to level 2 and 3 below.

• Refer to the support section to learn how this solution (Level 1) is supported.

RAC Level 2: The EMC Support Matrix (ESM)

• Supported on Windows and Linux

• Beyond the Oracle RTCM, EMC maintains a monthly support matrix for its solutions called the ESM, which lists the components tested and supported by EMC for Oracle RAC. These components include Dell servers, number of nodes, operating system version, drivers, host bus adapters, Oracle software version, and other important components/exceptions.

• This deployment model is seen in cases where customers require a cluster architecture that is listed on the ESM but not a best practices configuration (level 3) based on the Dell matrix.

• Dell recommends at a minimum that customers follow the ESM matrix requirements in order to validate support for the cluster from an Oracle and EMC perspective. However, the best deployment model for an Oracle RAC is one of the Dell Best Practices Configurations (level 3).

• Refer to the support section to learn how this solution (Level 2) is supported.

RAC Level 3: Dell’s Best Practices Configurations

• Supported on Linux only

• Note: Windows RAC Best Practices Configurations are available as a custom solution, which means that Dell could qualify a configuration based on customer demand. This is a consultative step to be taken with the Dell sales team.

• Based on large customer demand for Oracle RAC on Linux,, Dell has gone above and beyond the requirements for RAC and tested extensively a range of cluster configurations to optimize quality, performance and speed of deployment for mass customer demand and production environments.

• Dell maintains a matrix for Oracle RACs on Linux on the website, which is located in the Dell | Oracle Best Practices Center. This matrix corresponds to the specific components for a RAC (server, storage, peripherals, software versions) that Dell has tested as a full cluster under high workload and documented the resilience behavior under induced destructive testing.

• The Best Practices deployment model is the de-facto recommendation and has proven a success for large and small organizations looking for the best RAC solution for performance and reliability.

• Dell has also made onsite installation service a requirement for fiber-channel RACs using EMC storage, and recommends this installation service for the entry-level SCSI cluster.

• Refer to the support section to learn how this solution (Level 3) is supported.

Logical view of Dell and Oracle’s integration with a RAC Best Practices Configuration:

All components in the cluster are tested and optimized for interoperability, performance and reliability. Dell also provides seamless telephone-based technical support on the cluster (hardware, low level software, operating system, Oracle software) through a technical account manager.

|Oracle RAC clusterware |

|(optimized settings + quality assured version) |

|Oracle Database Software |

|(optimized settings + quality assured version) |

|Operating System |

|(optimized settings for RAC + quality assured version) |

|Driver W |Driver X |Driver Y |Driver Z |

|BIOS / firmware W |BIOS / firmware X |BIOS / firmware Y |BIOS / firmware Z |

|Hardware W |Hardware X |Hardware Y |Hardware Z |

Oracle RAC Deployment Options – Summary

| |RAC Level 1 (RTCM): Mixed |RAC Level 2 (ESM) Dell | EMC |RAC Level 3: |

| |cluster |hardware |Dell | Oracle |

| | | |Best Practices |

|Overall Status |Oracle supported, but not Dell |Oracle and EMC supported, but |Tested by Oracle, EMC and Dell |

| |or EMC tested |not Dell tested | |

|Operating System |Linux Advanced Server |Linux Advanced Server |Linux Advanced Server |

| |Windows 2000 |Windows 2000 |(Kit ORC9RAC) |

| | | |Windows: upon customer request |

| | | |(custom solution) |

|Testing and Integration |Oracle qualifies the RAC on |Qualified by EMC as a |Tested by Dell, Oracle and EMC |

| |Windows and Linux |supportable configuration for |across all cluster components |

| |Refer to Oracle’s RTCM matrix |Oracle RAC |Refer to the Dell matrix posted |

| |for supported technologies |Refer to ESM matrix |on |

|Professional Services |Available (custom) |Available Dell onsite |Onsite Installation Service for |

| | |installation for Oracle RAC |the RAC is required for Fiber |

| | |(recommended) |channel clusters and recommended|

| | | |for SCSI clusters |

|Level of Support |Dell: hardware |Dell & EMC: hardware |Dell provides seamless support |

| |Oracle: database and RAC |With Gold support, best effort |on the Oracle cluster (hardware,|

| |Check with other vendors |seamless support from Dell |OS & Oracle (L1)) |

| |involved |Oracle: database and RAC |Oracle: database and RAC |

|Which solution to choose |When usage of “installed base” |When the required configuration |Dell recommends a Best Practices|

| |or mixed hardware is a |is supported on ESM but not by |configuration for Oracle RAC |

| |requirement |the Best Practices offerings |Tested, integrated, fully |

| |Most difficult deployment model |Supported by Oracle and EMC but |supported |

| | |not by Dell (only seamless | |

| | |support through PESS Gold) | |

Dell | Oracle RAC Best Practices: Supported Configurations

Entry-level Oracle RAC: 2-Node SCSI cluster (LINUX)

• Servers: PowerEdge 1750, 2650, 2600, 4600, 6600, 6650

o For internal storage (OS and Oracle boot), use PERC Di or 1 x PERC3DC or PERC4DC(external channels) controller per server

• Software: Oracle9i Real Application Clusters Best Practices Kit (ORC9RAC), including

o Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 + three year support from Dell

o Oracle9i Release 2 media (Oracle licenses are not included and are sold separately through Dell Software & Peripherals)

o Dell Deployment CD for Oracle9i Database/RAC on Linux

o Dell documentation for Oracle9i installation and configuration

• Cluster interconnect: cross-over cabling is not supported and a PowerConnect switch is required. NIC teaming can be used to make the interconnect fault tolerant.

o PowerConnect switch 5212 or 5224 is required

o Dual switch fabric is supported with NIC teaming

• Shared Storage: PowerVault 220S SCSI enclosure with up to 1,022GB capacity per enclosure (maximum of 3 enclosures per cluster)

o Requires dual EMM modules

• Maximum number of nodes: 2

• RAC Cluster Installation from Dell Professional Services: recommended

Oracle RAC with Dell | EMC storage (LINUX)

• Servers: PowerEdge 1750, 2650, 2600, 4600, 6600, 6650

• Software: Oracle9i Real Application Clusters Best Practices Kit (ORC9RAC), including

o Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 + three year support from Dell

o Oracle9i Release 2 media (Oracle licenses are not included and are sold separately through Dell Software & Peripherals)

o Dell Deployment CD for Oracle9i Database/RAC on Linux

• Cluster interconnect: cross-over cabling is not supported and a PowerConnect switch is required. NIC teaming can be used to make the interconnect fault tolerant.

o PowerConnect switch 5212 or 5224 is required

o Dual switch fabric is supported with NIC teaming

• Shared Storage: Dell | EMC CX200, CX400 or CX600

o Supported both in SAN mode (with switch fabric) or DAS (direct attached mode)

o DAS maximum number of nodes: two nodes

o EMC Server-to-storage multi-path software (PowerPath) is required to enable shared storage

o Host Bus Adapters: 2 x QLogic 2340, 2342 or Emulex LP9802 or 982 per server node are required

• Storage Area Network (SAN) cluster scenario:

o Maximum number of server nodes: 8 per RAC cluster (multiple clusters and storage consolidation are supported through zoning)

o CX200, CX400, CX600

o Minimum 2 x Brocade Fiber Channel 2Gb switch is required (8-port, 16-port, 32-port) or McData 24-port switch . Dual switches are required for system redundancy.

o EMC Server-to-storage multi-path (PowerPath) is required for system redundancy

o Host Bus Adapters: 2 x QLogic 2340, 2342 or Emulex LP9802 or 982 per server node are required

• RAC Cluster Installation from Dell Professional Services: required (waiver process available on exceptional basis)

Below is the diagram of an 8-node Oracle RAC cluster on Linux (maximum configuration)

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For configurations on Windows, refer to the Oracle Best Practices Center and the EMC Support Matrix (ESM).

Dell | Oracle Professional Services

Dell Professional Services (DPS) Suite of Oracle9i and 9i RAC Service Offerings:

Summary:

Dell Professional Services offers a suite of professional services designed to quickly and cost-effectively help customers Migrate, Implement and Optimize Oracle9i and 9i RAC solutions. All services are delivered through Dell, offering a Single Point of Accountability, and will leverage the expertise of Dell, Red Hat and Oracle Consulting Services (OCS) to help customers quickly capitalize on the excellent performance, scalability, availability and manageability of an Oracle9i Database with Real Application Clusters (RACs) on standards-based Dell server and storage platforms.

These fixed-priced, modular offerings include:

• Migration services to "fast-track" customers from UNIX to Linux for Oracle9i Database;

• Implementation services to help customers quickly deploy Oracle9i Database with Real Application Clusters;

• Optimization services to provide performance and capacity tuning as well as database mirroring and disaster recovery planning.

Migration Services:

• Fast Track to Linux (for Oracle):

Fast Track to Linux migration services provide customers with a method for evaluating the benefits of Linux within their environment with low cost and limited investment. Through these services, Dell helps ensure customers maximize the benefits and reduce the risk associated with the exploration and migration from Unix to Red Hat Linux Advanced Server.

Dell's Linux migration services help customers on UNIX platforms take the next logical step in evaluating and validating Linux performance and savings data through a "pilot program" that is specific to a customer's environment. The "pilot program" provides customer specific performance and cost savings data, and is designed to illustrate how customers can leverage Dell commodity hardware products with Red Hat's Linux OS open architecture to meet performance objectives while lowering TCO. In addition, as part of migration services, customers receive a high-level migration plan with associated potential risks to help guide their Linux migration activities.

• Fast Track to Oracle9i Database:

The Fast Track to Oracle9i Database service offers a proven, reliable process to help minimize risks associated with database migration. By leveraging industry-leading database technology, expert knowledge and development tools, this tools-based analysis delivers a fast, accurate assessment to help define the customer's path to migrating to Oracle9i.

Utilizing a pre-defined set of proven business practices, DPS will provide a fast, reliable migration strategy to a stable and high performance database. Fast Track to Oracle9i Database supports migration efforts from Informix, Sybase or DB2 Server environments to the Oracle9i Database by automating defined migration elements.

The Fast Track to Oracle9i Database service is just one part of a portfolio of implementation services that leverage rapid implementation tools and methods designed to implement Oracle technology quickly and effectively.

Implementation Services:

• Oracle9i RAC Planning and Implementation Services (on a Dell/EMC Storage Area Network)

This packaged solution offering helps our customers rapidly implement an Oracle9i RAC to meet their business, functional and operational objectives and deploy with success. Oracle9i RAC Planning and Implementation Services apply DPS' best practices and proven methodology to deliver an end-to-end Oracle9i RAC solution on a Dell/EMC SAN from a single source.

The resulting fully functioning SAN meets current Oracle9i RAC and production capacity requirements while providing a building-block architecture to meet future needs.

DPS helps customers to plan, design, configure and implement Oracle9i RAC solutions on Dell/EMC Storage Area Networks (SAN) based on Windows or Linux operating environments. DPS delivers standardized, packaged service offerings designed to provide flexibility for multi-node Oracle9i RAC configurations on standard EMC SAN implementations. In addition, for customers requiring Direct Attached Storage (DAS) solutions, DPS provides bundled Oracle9i RAC configurations on DAS.

Optimization Services:

• Oracle9i Performance and Optimization Assessment:

Utilizing best practices and proven technologies from Dell and Oracle, this cost-effective, flexible offering helps provide customer confidence that its IT infrastructure will meet new demands as business grows.

The Performance and Optimization Assessment service helps the customer assess its Oracle9i architecture and application performance demands. The challenge of predicting peaks, maintaining site performance and planning for growth are critical to your enterprise infrastructure. In the course of the assessment, DPS will identify high leverage areas for performance and capacity products and services to help the customer address specific enterprise concerns and provide a concrete plan for performance.

• Fast Track to Oracle9i Data Guard Service:

The Fast Track to Oracle9i Data Guard service is a "jump start" package that provides the information needed to deploy scalable and available applications that take advantage of the new data protection feature in Oracle9i. This service provides exceptional cost entry to a potentially expensive and complicated environment.

The Fast Track to Oracle9i Data Guard service helps customers effectively deploy an Oracle9i Data Guard (Physical Standby database extending database recovery features to protect data in the event of a disaster or human error). This offering also helps customers understand how deploying Data Guard impacts normal procedures, how fail and switchover work, and provides details on Data Guard features so the customer can make the best use of Oracle9i Data Guard and other Oracle9i features to protect its data.

For more information on professional services for Oracle, please contact your Dell representative.

Dell | Oracle Support Services

There are two main support models for Oracle on Dell:

1. Using standard Dell hardware

A. Without Gold support

Dell provides support for hardware based on the level of service purchased with each system, and in some cases supports the operating system if a support contract for this was also purchased from Dell. However, there is no seamless support through Oracle for the Oracle software.

B. With Gold support

Dell provides Gold level support, which includes 24 x 7 telephone support, technical account manager and many other benefits for effective and seamless resolution. Gold support includes seamless support capability for Oracle, where the Dell technical account manager can involve Oracle support and manage the overall resolution. Using this seamless support capability requires customers to have a valid support contract from Oracle (CSI number), which will be leveraged by Dell to contact Oracle.

2. Using a Dell Best Practices Configuration on Linux

The Dell Best Practices Configurations represent the ideal solution to be supported end-to-end by Dell and Oracle. These configurations include Gold support by default and therefore allow customers to take advantage of 24 x 7 telephone support, a technical account manager as well as seamless support.

• Dell supports the hardware, Red Hat operating system, and installation of the Oracle software using the Dell Deployment kit included with the Best Practices Configurations. Through Gold support, Dell can also warm transfer customers into Oracle support (Oracle support contract is required, with CSI number) and track the overall resolution of an issue through the technical account manager.

• Oracle supports its software. It is critical that customers purchase or maintain a support contract through Oracle in order to be supported for issues related to the Oracle software. Real Application Clusters (RAC) are part of the Oracle software and are therefore supported by Oracle.

Please contact your Dell representative for more information about Gold support, or visit support services section of .

Recommended training for Oracle9i RAC

An Oracle9i RAC requires database administrators to be knowledgeable in a number of fields in order to take full advantage of the technology and to help simplify the initial installation and ongoing management of the database cluster. While none of these classes is a requirement, future administrators of Oracle9i clustered databases should assess their level of expertise and learning needs based on the recommended classes below.

Operating System Training

1. Oracle9i RAC running on Red Hat Linux

Red Hat Linux system administrator

Objective: An operator who can perform system administration tasks to a level where he/she can install, configure, and attach a new Red Hat Linux workstation to an existing network.

Audience: Linux or UNIX users, who understand the basics of Red Hat Linux, that desire further technical training to begin the process of becoming a system administrator.



Red Hat Linux networking and security administration

Objective: To become a system administrator who can setup a Red Hat Linux server and configure common network services and security at a basic level.

Audience: Linux or UNIX system administrators who already have some real world experience with Red Hat Linux systems administration and want a first course in networking services and security.



2. Oracle9i RAC running on Microsoft Windows

Objective: acquiring knowledge of Windows® 2000 Server and Advanced Server administration

Audience: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)



Oracle9i Database and RAC Training

Pre-requisite: DBA fundamentals I and II

Oracle9i Real Application Clusters

In this hands-on course you learn to set up and manage a Real Application cluster database environment and learn how a RAC delivers scalability to your organization. Develop skills to configure, backup, recover, monitor, and tune database components optimally for a RAC.



Dell|EMC storage administration

1. Dell | EMC training

This four-day course is intended for system administrators that are responsible for configuring and maintaining storage arrays. System administrators will gain the necessary skills to get the most from the Dell|EMC storage array. These skills include: storage concepts, product features and the ability to use software tools to manage and monitor the storage array and Fibre Channel switches.



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