B Overview of Real Application Clusters

This appendix provides an overview of Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC). This chapter contains the following topics:

• What is Real Application Clusters?

• Real Application Clusters Database Configuration Scenario

• Differences in Administering Real Application Clusters and Single-Instance Oracle Databases

• Monitoring Oracle Real Application Clusters with Enterprise Manager

• Starting and Stopping Real Application Clusters Databases and Database Instances

• Managing Real Application Clusters Backup and Recovery