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Chapter 2. Requirements 11
istrator (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 need to consider that size
does affect the time to conduct backups and adds load to other system resources. If the database is
being shared, its hardware and spacing is 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 will need 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
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CREATE TYPE
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CREATE SESSION
Additional database requirements include:
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Security Identifier (SID)
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Listener Port
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Username
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Uniform Extent Size
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Auto Segment Space Management
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UTF-8 character set
The disk layout on the database machine is independent of the RHN Satellite Server and entirely up
to the customer.