9.2 Understanding Cluster Configuration Options

Review these topics to understand the cluster configuration options available in Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c Release 2.

• About Oracle Standalone Clusters
  An Oracle Standalone Cluster hosts all Oracle Grid Infrastructure services and Oracle ASM locally and requires direct access to shared storage.
• About Oracle Cluster Domain and Oracle Domain Services Cluster
  An Oracle Cluster Domain is a choice of deployment architecture for new clusters, introduced in Oracle Clusterware 12c Release 2.
• About Oracle Member Clusters
  Oracle Member Clusters use centralized services from the Oracle Domain Services Cluster and can host databases or applications.
• About Oracle Extended Clusters
  An Oracle Extended Cluster consists of nodes that are located in multiple locations called sites.