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Database Clustering with InfiniBand
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) supports the deployment of a single database across a cluster of commodity servers using a shared cache architecture that overcomes the limitations of traditional shared-nothing and shared-disk approaches. Oracle Real Application Clusters enables highly available and scalable database solutions for business applications in the enterprise. A key to RAC performance and scaling in the enterprise is the cluster interconnect. Enter QLogic InfiniBand. 

Reliable Datagram Sockets

Co-developed by Oracle and QLogic, RDS provides a high bandwidth, low latency, ultra reliable inter-process communication (IPC) protocol and transport system that dramatically speeds up IPC communication between servers in a RAC cluster, delivering a cost effective, highly available and scalable database solution. RDS has been rigorously tested by Oracle to meet the stringent performance and availability requirements of their most demanding enterprise customers. Today, Oracle customers like Kelly Services and JDA Software Group are deploying Oracle RAC and QLogic RDS to achieve new levels of database performance, availability, and scalability, while dramatically reducing their total cost of ownership.

"Together, Oracle Real Application Clusters and QLogic RDS are an exceptional combination for enterprise data centers."
Juan Loaiza
Senior Vice President
Systems Technology Group
Oracle

QLogic Announces SilverStorm 9020 Enterprise Cluster Accelerator for Oracle Real Application Clusters

Designed specifically for Oracle Real Application Clusters, the SilverStorm 9020 includes up to 22 Double Data Rate (DDR) 20Gb InfiniBand ports supporting up to 22 hosts in a high performance Oracle Database cluster. The modular 9020 can also be configured with up to four 10Gb Ethernet ports, up to sixteen 4Gb Fibre Channel ports, or a combination of 10Gb Ethernet and 4Gb Fibre Channel ports, for connectivity to high performance storage or data networks. Available in a compact 2U enclosure, the SilverStorm 9020 delivers DDR performance and complete redundancy, yet takes less rack space and power than any competitive InfiniBand director available today.

"The 9020 is an ideal switch for CMA Consultings’ Oracle data warehouse platforms, delivering InfiniBand performance and gateways to Fibre Channel and Ethernet networks for a flexible, cost-effective database clustering solution."
Brian Dougherty
Chief Data Warehouse Architect
CMA Consulting
"The 9020 sets the standard for cost-effective, high performance RAC clusters."
Jim Olsen
Senior Director
Oracle Enterprise Technology Centers

Test Your Database on RAC & RDS

QLogic’s high performance clustering solutions for RAC are showcased in Oracle’s Enterprise Technology Centers in both Atlanta, GA and Reston, VA. Contact Oracle (etcenter_us@oracle.com) or QLogic (oracle@qlogic.com) for more information or to schedule a visit.

OOW 2008 Presentation: QLogic InfiniBand Powers 1.2 Petabyte Data Warehouse at Yahoo!
OOW 2008 Presentation: MicroTerabyte, CMA Consulting Leverages QLogic InfiniBand to Build a Powerful, Scalable Oracle Database and Application Platform
Press Release: QLogic Announces SilverStorm 9020 Enterprise Cluster Accelerator for Oracle Real Application Clusters
Press Release: Oracle and SilverStorm (QLogic) Announce General Availability of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) InfiniBand Interconnect Solution for Oracle(r) Real Application Clusters 10g
Press Release: Oracle® Sets World Record TPC-H One Terabyte Clustered Benchmark Result on PANTA Systems PANTAmatrix with SilverStorm (QLogic) RDS
Article: Using Reliable Datagram Sockets for Oracle Database 10g Clusters" by Dell & QLogic, from the May 2007 edition of Dell Power Solutions magazine
Data Sheet: IBM BladeCenter-H & Oracle Database 10g RAC with InfiniBand & SilverStorm RDS
Test Report: HP Oracle 10g RAC on Linux With QLogic (SilverStorm) InfiniBand
White Paper: Building the Most Powerful Oracle RAC Clusters with QLogic InfiniBand
White Paper: Kelly Services Standardizes on QLogic RDS for Oracle® 10g RAC
White Paper: Oracle Real Application Clusters 10g Release 2: Installation and Configuration of Linux Clusters Using RDS over InfiniBand Interconnect

 

 


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