从11gR2开始,如果要安装RAC, ASM, ACFS(11gR2最新支持的ASM集群文件系统), 必须先安装Grid Infrastructure, 然后再安装Oracle Database。
Oracle Grid Infrastructure includes the following features:
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Oracle Clusterware
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Application monitoring, restart, and failover
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Cluster membership services
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Server monitoring and fencing
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Single Client Access Name (SCAN)
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Server Pools
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Grid Naming Services
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Oracle Automatic Storage Management
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Dynamic storage rebalancing
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Storage mirroring
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Online disk add/drop
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ASM Cluster File System
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Shared file system with concurrent access to files from multiple nodes
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Local file system
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ASM Dynamic Volumes
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Volume management services for ACFS
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Volume management services for 3rd-party file systems
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