Linux and database setup

This section describes HyperPAV, the multipath setup, the tools used for monitoring, and the database setup.

HyperPAV
Parallel Access Volumes (PAV) is the concept of using multiple devices or aliases to address a single ECKD disk device.
Multipath setup
The multipath daemon is relevant for multipathing with FCP disks or when PAV devices are used instead of HyperPAV.
Monitoring tools
The study used the Oracle AWR reports as a starting point for performance analysis.
Database setup: the Oracle Automatic Storage Manager
The Automatic Storage Manager (ASM) is the Oracle storage management program. It is part of the Oracle 11g package and must be installed as part of the Oracle grid architecture.

Parent topic: Oracle Database on Linux on System z – Disk I/O Connectivity Study