Oracle's "strategic platform for all workloads" claim deserves scrutiny. Here's an independent assessment of what that really means – and where the gaps are.
Category: Oracle Exadata
Exadata Re-Racking Service
I've heard from a few sources now that Oracle is offering a new Exadata Re-racking service for quarter and half racks. The idea, as I understand it, is that if you have your own rack equipment in your data centre and don't want to use the rack that Exadata comes preinstalled in, you can pay … Continue reading Exadata Re-Racking Service
SLOB testing on Violin and Exadata
A head-to-head SLOB benchmark comparing Violin flash memory arrays against Oracle Exadata – testing raw Oracle physical I/O throughput on two very different architectures.
The History of Exadata
A detailed timeline of Oracle Exadata from the original HP Oracle Database Machine through to the X2 series – tracking how the product and its marketing have evolved.
Oracle minimises the Exadata minimal pack
As of Exadata Storage Software version 11.2.3.1 released in March 2012 the "minimal pack" has now been deprecated. This is a component of the storage server software patch which is actually applied to the database servers in order to bring them up to the same image version. Those who have been patching Exadata for a … Continue reading Oracle minimises the Exadata minimal pack
Analysing Oracle Exadata
I've been working on a document recently which describes Exadata and examines its strengths and weaknesses. I have uploaded a number of the sections of the document as pages to this site - start here.
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