Oracle Exadata

Oracle Exadata

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Oracle Exadata
Oracle Exadata is a database appliance with support for both OLTP (transactional) and OLAP (analytical) database systems.[1] It was initially designed in collaboration between Oracle Corporation and Hewlett Packard, where Oracle designed the database, operating system (based on the Oracle Linux distribution), and storage software whereas HP designed the hardware for it. With Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle announced the release of Exadata Version 2 with improved performance and usage of Sun Microsystems Storage Systems technologies.[2]

History
Exadata was announced by Larry Ellison at the 2008 Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco for immediate delivery. The main headline was that Oracle was entering the hardware business with a pre-built Database Machine, engineered by Oracle. The hardware at this time was manufactured, delivered and supported by HP. Since the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle circa January 2010, Exadata hardware utilises Sun based hardware. Oracle claims that it is the fastest database server on the planet. In August 2011, Oracle announced that Exadata Database Machines would be orderable with Solaris 11 Express (in addition to Oracle Enterprise Linux).[3]

Technical details
Database servers X2-2
(Sun Fire X4170 M2) [4] • 2 × Six-Core Intel Xeon X5675 Processors (3.06 GHz) • 96 GB Memory (expandable to 144 GB with optional memory expansion kit) • Disk Controller HBA with 512MB Battery Backed Write Cache • 4 × 300 GB 10,000 RPM SAS Disks • 2 × QDR (40Gbit/s) Ports • 2 × 10 Gb Ethernet Ports based on the Intel 82599 10GbE Controller • 4 × 1 Gb Ethernet Ports • 1 × ILOM Ethernet Port • 2 × Redundant Hot-Swappable Power Supplies • 3 × 36 port QDR (40 Gbit/s) InfiniBand Switches (2 x in Quarter Rack configuration)
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Database servers X2-8
(Sun Fire X4800) [4] • 8 × Ten-Core Intel Xeon E7-8870 Processors (2.40 GHz) • 2 TB Memory. • Disk Controller HBA with 512MB Battery Backed Write Cache.
Exadata X2-2 at Oracle OpenWorld-2009

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8 × 300 GB 10,000 RPM SAS Disks 8 × QDR (40Gbit/s) Ports 8 × 10 Gb Ethernet Ports based on the Intel 82599 10GbE Controller 8 × 1 Gb Ethernet Ports 1 × ILOM Ethernet Port 4 × Redundant Hot-Swappable Power Supplies 3 × 36 port QDR (40 Gbit/s) InfiniBand Switches

Oracle Exadata Storage Servers X2-2
• • • • • • • 2 × Six-Core Intel Xeon L5640 (2.26 GHz) Processors Exadata Smart Flash Cache 384 GB System Memory 24 GB Disk Controller Disk Controller HBA with 512MB Battery Backed Write Cache InfiniBand Connectivity Dual-Port QDR (40Gbit/s) InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter Power Supplies Dual-redundant, hot-swappable power supply Remote Management Sun Embedded Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM)

• Disk Drives 12 × 600 GB 15,000 RPM High Performance SAS or • 12 × 3 TB 7,200 RPM High Capacity SAS • Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Ethernet port
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See also Exadata Storage Expansion Rack information [7]

Infiniband switches
• Sun Datacenter Infiniband Switch 36 • 36 ports Source: Pythian [8]
Database Machine Full Rack Database Machine Half Rack 4 7 2 3 Database Machine Quarter Rack

Database Servers Exadata Storage Servers InfiniBand Switches Upgradability

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3 Connect multiple Full Racks via the included InfiniBand fabric

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Field upgrade to Full Rack Field upgrade from Quarter Rack to Half Rack

Source Oracle Corporation [2]

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References
[1] "Data warehouse appliance : Oracle Exadata" (http:/ / bi-insider. com/ posts/ data-warehouse-appliance-oracle-exadata/ ). 22 September 2011. . Retrieved 16 September 2012. [2] "Oracle Exadata White Paper" (http:/ / www. oracle. com/ technology/ products/ bi/ db/ exadata/ pdf/ exadata-technical-whitepaper. pdf). Oracle Corporation. . Retrieved 8 July 2010. [3] http:/ / www. oracle. com/ us/ corporate/ press/ 454114 [4] http:/ / www. oracle. com/ technetwork/ database/ exadata/ dbmachine-x2-2-datasheet-175280. pdf?ssSourceSiteId=ocomen [5] http:/ / www. oracle. com/ technetwork/ database/ exadata/ dbmachine-x2-8-datasheet-173705. pdf?ssSourceSiteId=ocomen [6] http:/ / www. oracle. com/ technetwork/ database/ exadata/ exadata-x2-2-datasheet-175368. pdf?ssSourceSiteId=ocomen [7] http:/ / www. oracle. com/ technetwork/ database/ exadata/ exadata-storage-exp-rack-ds-v1-425092. pdf?ssSourceSiteId=ocomen [8] "A Grand Tour of Oracle Exadata, Part 1" (http:/ / www. pythian. com/ news/ 13569/ exadata-part-1/ ). Pythian. . Retrieved 9 July 2010.

External links
• Oracle Exadata Database Machine (http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/exadata-database-machine/ index.html) • Oracle & Sun Unveil Exadata Version 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WPOrdUGteE) on YouTube Larry Ellison's Exadata V2 announcement

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