Oracle Database Online Documentation 11g Release 2 (11.2)
Grid Computing
Grid computing relieves users from concerns about where data resides and which computer processes their requests. Users request information or computation and have it delivered - as much as they want, whenever they want. For the DBA, the grid is about resource allocation, information sharing, and high availability. Oracle Database with Real Application Clusters and Oracle Clusterware provide the infrastructure for your database grid. Automatic Storage Management provides the infrastructure for a storage grid. Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control provides you with holistic management of your grid.
Essentials
PDF for offline viewing
Supporting Documentation
Supporting documentation treats advanced topics related to grid computing. In general, the 2 Day + books refer you to these topics when needed.
PDF for offline viewing
Oracle Real Application Clusters
Oracle Real Application Clusters enables a single database to run across multiple clustered nodes in a grid, pooling the processing resources of several standard machines.
PDF for offline viewing
Oracle Clusterware
Oracle Clusterware is a portable cluster software that allows clustering of single servers so that they cooperate as a single system. Oracle Clusterware also provides the required infrastructure for Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC). Oracle Clusterware also enables the protection of any Oracle application or any other kind of application within a cluster.
PDF for offline viewing
Oracle Automatic Storage Management
Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) provides a virtualization layer between the database and storage. It treats multiple disks as a single disk group, and lets you dynamically add or remove disks while keeping databases online.