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This guide describes how to design and implement a VMware-based virtualized Oracle RAC database solution that uses PowerStore T storage. The guide provides an overview of the architecture design of the entire stack, including the compute, network, and storage design. It describes best practices for deploying an Oracle RAC database on PowerStore T storage in a virtualized environment and how to leverage PowerStore snapshot features to build an Oracle RAC database in a test and development environment. The guide also describes the high availability that this solution provides by leveraging VMware vSphere vMotion to avoid planned downtime.