Oracle and qlogic working together, Next steps – QLogic 10000 Series ORACLE REAL APPLICATION CLUSTERS & QLOGIC FABRICCACHE ADAPTERS User Manual
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Oracle and Qlogic Working Together
By combining storage acceleration capabilities of QLogic
FabricCache adapters with the world-class scalability of
Oracle RAC, it’s possible to build a low-cost database infrastructure
that will maximize database reliability and performance.
The idea is a simple one: Oracle RAC distributes database
workloads across clusters of commodity servers, providing the
flexibility and reliability of operating applications in a clustered
environment. QLogic FabricCache adapters in those servers provide
fast, reliable server-side cache, giving Oracle RAC faster access to
data that would otherwise have to be fetched from the SAN. Benefits
include:
• Reduced transaction response times
• Reduced storage array workload
• Transparently integrates with existing SAN infrastructures
These benefits translate into improved resource utilization, increased
ROI on the SAN infrastructure, reduced costs and sustained
performance.
Next Steps:
Contact your Oracle and/or Qlogic Sales Reps to schedule a joint
presentation of the products that meet your needs and then get the
appropriate joint solution presented and implemented at your site.
To learn more about Oracle and Qlogic technology interoperability,
visit
KEY BENEFITS:
By providing
applications with the
ability to spread their
database activity
across multiple
servers, Oracle RAC
provides applications
with data access that
is efficient, scalable,
and fault tolerant.
QLogic’s QLE10000
caching Host Bus
Adaptor provides
Oracle RAC with I/O
access that is faster
than always directly
accessing the storage
system across a SAN
fabric. This means
that Oracle RAC
workload on each
node (server) can
scale further because
disk I/O is less likely
to become a
bottleneck for Oracle
RAC.
RELATED SERVICES
The following services
are available from
Oracle:
QLE10000
Implementation
Service