FlashGrid Cluster is an engineered cloud system that enables high availability and high-performance shared storage for running Oracle databases in public clouds.
Key components of FlashGrid Cluster on Azure:
- FlashGrid Storage Fabric software
- FlashGrid Cloud Area Network software
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Oracle Database: 19c
Note: For installing a legacy DB version 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.2, or 12.2.0.1, the following options are available:
- Use the latest version of Launcher and install database home manually on Oracle Linux 8 or RHEL8. Access to Tier1 Oracle patches is required.
- Use Launcher version 24.11 to install on OL7/RHEL7. Contact FlashGrid support for assistance.
- Oracle Grid Infrastructure: 19c
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Operating Systems:
- Oracle Linux: 8 (UEKR7), or 9 (UEKR7)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL): 8, or 9
Note: Contact FlashGrid support if new deployment with RHEL 7 or Oracle Linux 7 is required
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Azure VMs:
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General purpose: Dasv7, Dsv6, Dasv6, Dsv5
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Compute optimized: FXmsv2
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Memory optimized: Easv7, Esv6, Easv6, Ebsv5, Esv5, Mbsv3, Msv3
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- Disks: Premium SSD or Premium SSD v2
FlashGrid Cluster is delivered as an Azure Resource Manager template that automates configuration of multiple components required for a database cluster. FlashGrid Launcher is an online tool that simplifies the deployment process by guiding through the cluster configuration parameters and generating Azure Resource Manager templates.
Additional information about the FlashGrid Cluster architecture for Oracle RAC is available in the following white paper: “Mission-Critical Databases in the Cloud. Oracle RAC in Microsoft Azure Enabled by FlashGrid®.”