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Re: [suse-oracle] RAC, cluster interconnect and essential ports

Silviu Marin-Caea

2006-02-23

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On Thursday 23 February 2006 09:26, Magni Fabrizio wrote:
> In my opinion a firewall on the interconnect is a bad idea... And not
> really necessary since that connection should be on a dedicated network
> (only for your cluster nodes).

Exactly.

For interconnect get a 5 port Gigabit switch, like Linksys SD2005 ($100).

Don't use it for anything else.

Don't use crossover cable, it not good at all for RAC.

So, there is no need for firewall on the interconnect private interfaces.


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