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Storage:
PolyServe Clustering Software Adds
Support For Oracle 10g
PolyServe Matrix Server shared data clustering software now supports Oracle
Database 10g on Linux, PolyServe Inc announced. Already used widely in
deployments of Oracle9iReal Application Clusters (RAC), PolyServe Matrix
Server software dramatically simplifies the cluster and storage management of
Oracle Database 10g on Linux-based servers.
PolyServe Matrix Server complements new Oracle Database 10g storage
management
features, such as Automatic Storage Management (ASM), by simplifying cluster
installation and maintenance, significantly improving data-loading performance
by enabling parallel Extract Transform and Load (ETL) operations clusterwide,
and adding valuable high-availability features, such as multi-path I/O
(MPIO).
Oracle recommends that Oracle Database 10g be deployed with ASM and a
cluster
file system (CFS). A cornerstone of PolyServe Matrix Server is a powerful CFS
that enables a shared Oracle home, among numerous other benefits. The
PolyServe CFS is the first general-purpose CFS to support Oracle Database 10g
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"PolyServe's early support of Oracle Database 10g is another illustration
of
our commitment to the Oracle data center customer," said Michael Callahan,
chief technology officer for PolyServe. "As it does with Oracle9iRAC, Matrix
Server provides database and systems administrators with the simplest option
for deploying and managing clustered Oracle10gdatabases in production, real-
world environments."
PolyServe Matrix Server consists of a general-purpose CFS for scalable data
sharing, high-availability (HA) services that increase system uptime, and
cluster and storage management capabilities for managing servers and storage
as a single unit from a single console.
Matrix Server is both general purpose in its support of multiple mission-
critical applications -- such as file serving, e-mail, and Web and media
serving -- and is highly optimized for Oracle Database 10g and other Oracle
databases.
PolyServe is the first independent software vendor to license from Oracle
and
implement the Oracle Disk Manager (ODM) interface on Linux. The ODM
implementation ensures tight interoperability between Matrix Server software
and Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Database 10g RAC, Oracle9i RAC and other
Oracle database products.
Unlike the Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS), Matrix Server software
enhances
Oracle Database 10g by enabling higher levels of:
- Manageability: Matrix Server provides a single Oracle home for all
servers
in a cluster, and support for Oracle Managed Files and Oracle Tablespaces. In
addition, Matrix Server supports roll-through upgrades to eliminate patch-
related downtime and the co-existence of both Oracle9i and Oracle10ginstances
in a cluster. As a result, an administrator has a single point to install and
update Oracle clusterwide.
- Scalability: Matrix Server fully supports ODM for optimized I/O
performance
and supports clusters of up to 16 servers running multiple Oracle database
workloads.
- Availability: Matrix Server enables fault-tolerant database clusters
with
integrated HA capabilities and MPIO functionality that eliminates single
points of failure.
PolyServe Matrix Server supports customer choice through its flexible
deployment options for Oracle Database 10g. With PolyServe, customers can
store Oracle data files on a raw partition managed by ASM and still reap the
benefits of a shared Oracle home for superior management and roll-through
upgrades. Alternatively, they can choose to store both Oracle data files and
non-Oracle data in a single, shared Matrix Server file system. Using
PolyServe's ODM implementation, customers gain the same level of performance
as a raw partition coupled with the superior manageability and availability
benefits of Matrix Server. Regardless of their choice, customers gain
simplified cluster and storage management of their Oracle Database 10g
deployment and increased system uptime.
Technology Leadership In The Oracle Data Center
PolyServe boasts a number of industry achievements in advancing the
state-of-
the-art in Oracle database clustering in the Linux-based data center. At
Oracle World in September 2003, PolyServe presented the findings of the
largest, most flexible clustered Oracle database system for Linux. The
findings showcased a 16-node database cluster running three databases. The
test showed the benefits of on-demand scalability and flexibility of large
Linux clusters, while maintaining high availability.
In 2002, PolyServe unveiled the world's largest clustered Oracle database
on
Linux proof of concept. Verified by IDC, the work demonstrated an online
transaction processing (OLTP) workload running on a cluster of 10 nodes,
supporting 10,000 simultaneous users and servicing a 10 terabyte database.
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