Definition of irrigation. 1  1 : the therapeutic flushing of a body part with a stream of liquid. 2  2 : the watering of land by artificial means to foster plant growth.
Answer: To start with, Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) are a database system involving a configuration of multiple hosts or servers joined together with clustering software and accessing the shared disk storage structures.
Using ASM with RAC. 1  The Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) is used in Oracle Database 10g to configure the Automated Storage Management (ASM) features for conventional and Real Application Clusters (RAC) environments. ASM is used to automate and simplify the optimal layout of datafiles, control files, and log files.