Oracle B32100-01 User Manual

Installing in High Availability Environments: OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster

This chapter describes how to install Oracle Application Server in OracleAS Cold 
Failover Cluster configurations.

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In OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster configurations, you have an active and a passive 
node, and shared storage that can be accessed by either node.

During normal operation, the active node runs Oracle Application Server processes 
and processes requests from clients. If the active node fails, then a failover event 
occurs. The passive node takes over and becomes the active node. It mounts the shared 
storage and runs the processes.

You can install OracleAS Cold Failover Cluster in these configurations: