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Chapter 2. Requirements
requirements. Red Hat supports RHN Satellite Server 4.1.0 installations in conjunction
with Oracle 9i R2. The Stand-Alone Database must not run on the same server as the RHN
Satellite Server.
A single 6 GB tablespace is recommended as more than sufficient for most installations. It
is possible for many customers to function with a smaller tablespace. An experienced Ora-
cle database administrator (DBA) will be necessary to assess sizing issues. The following
formula should be used to determine the required size of your database:
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192 KB per client system
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64 MB per channel
For instance, an RHN Satellite Server containing 10 channels serving 10,000 systems
would require 1.92 GB for its clients and 640 MB for its channels. If custom channels
are to be established for testing and staging of packages, they must be included in this
formula.
Keep in mind, the database storage needs may grow rapidly, depending upon the variance
of the following factors:
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The number of public Red Hat packages imported (typical: 5000)
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The number of private packages to be managed (typical: 500)
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The number of systems to be managed (typical: 1000)
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The number of packages installed on the average system (typical: 500)
Although you should be generous in your database sizing estimates, you must consider
that size affects the time to conduct backups and adds load to other system resources. If the
database is shared, its hardware and spacing are entirely dependent on what else is using
it.
The Oracle database should have a user assigned to RHN Satellite Server with full DDL
and DML access to that user’s default tablespace. The user needs standard connection
information for the database at the time of installation.
The precise access levels required by the Oracle user are as follows:
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ALTER SESSION
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CREATE SEQUENCE
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CREATE SYNONYM
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CREATE TABLE
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CREATE VIEW
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CREATE PROCEDURE
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CREATE TRIGGER
Summary of Contents for NETWORK SATELLITE SERVER 4.1.0
Page 1: ...RHN Satellite Server 4 1 0 Installation Guide...
Page 12: ...8 Chapter 1 Introduction...
Page 20: ...16 Chapter 2 Requirements...
Page 24: ...20 Chapter 3 Example Topologies Figure 3 3 Satellite Proxy Vertically Tiered Topology...
Page 38: ...34 Chapter 4 Installation...
Page 54: ...50 Chapter 6 Importing and Synchronizing...
Page 74: ...70 Chapter 8 Maintenance...
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