Exadata Database Machine Overview

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 Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

• Provide an overview-level description of Exadata Storage
Server and the different Database Machine configurations
• Outline the key capacity and performance specifications
for Database Machine

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 Introducing Database Machine

• Fully integrated platform for Oracle

Database
• Based on Exadata Storage Server
storage technology
• High-performance and high-availability
for all Oracle Database workloads
• Balanced hardware configurations
• Well suited as a database consolidation
platform
• Simple and fast to implement

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 Why Database Machine?

Database Machine is designed to address common issues:

• Data Warehousing issues:
– Supporting large, complex queries
– Managing massive databases
• OLTP issues:
– Supporting large user populations and transaction volumes
– Delivering quick and consistent response times
• Consolidation issues:
– Efficiently supporting mixed workloads
– Prioritizing workloads
• Configuration Issues:
– Creating a balanced configuration without bottlenecks
– Building and maintaining a robust system that works

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 Introducing Exadata Storage Server

• High-performance storage for

Exadata Storage Oracle Database
Server
• 64 bit Intel-based Sun Fire Server
• Preinstalled software:
– Exadata Storage Server Software
– Oracle Linux x86_64
– Drivers and Utilities
• Only available in conjunction with Database
Machine

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 Exadata Storage Server Architecture: Overview
Oracle Database Servers

Exadata cell Linux OS Exadata cell Linux OS

Exadata cell Exadata cell
software software

… …
Disk Disk

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 Exadata Storage Server Features: Overview
Oracle Database Servers

Smart
I/O Resource Management
storage
operations
High-performance
storage network

Smart Flash Cache

Storage
consolidation
(Transparent to
databases)

Data compression

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 Exadata Storage Server X6-2
Hardware Overview

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 Exadata X6-2 Extreme Flash Storage Server
Hardware Overview

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 Exadata Storage Server X3-2
Configuration Options

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 Database Machine X6-2 Full Rack

14 Exadata Storage Servers

(all high performance or all high
capacity)
8 Database Servers
2 QDR (40Gb/s) InfiniBand Switches (36
port)
1 Cisco Ethernet Switch (48 port)

2 Power Distribution Units (PDUs) at rear

Spare Parts Kit:
• Two hard disk drives (high performance or high
capacity)
• Two flash memory cards
• Spare InfiniBand cables

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 X6-2 Database Server Hardware: Overview

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 Start Small and Grow

Eighth Quarter Half Full

Rack Rack Rack Rack

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 Exadata Storage Expansion Racks

• Designed to quickly and easily

add storage to Database
Machines
• Available in three configurations:
– Full Rack contains:
— 18 Exadata Storage Servers
— 3 InfiniBand Switches
– Half Rack contains:
— 9 Exadata Storage Servers
— 3 InfiniBand Switches
– Quarter Rack contains:
— 4 Exadata Storage Servers
— 2 InfiniBand Switches

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 InfiniBand Network: Overview

InfiniBand:
• Is the Database Machine interconnect fabric:
– Provides highest performance available – 40 Gb/sec each direction
– Is widely used in high-performance computing since 2002
• Is used for storage networking, RAC interconnect and
high-performance external connectivity:
– Less configuration, lower cost, higher performance
• Looks like normal Ethernet to host software:
– All IP-based tools work transparently – TCP/IP, UDP, SSH, and so on
• Has the efficiency of a SAN:
– Zero copy and buffer reservation capabilities
• Uses Zero-loss Zero-copy Datagram Protocol (ZDP)
– High performance, zero-copy implementation of RDSv3
– Open source software developed by Oracle
– Very low CPU overhead

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 Database Machine Support: Overview

Support Offering Key Features

• Included with Database Machine, 1 year term

• Anytime web access, Local business hours phone access
Oracle Hardware
• 4 hour response during normal business hours
Warranty
• On-site response and parts exchange within 2 business days
subject to availability and location
• Support for Oracle Database and Exadata cell software
• Anytime web or phone access
Oracle Premier Support
• Software enhancements, fixes and upgrades
• Proactive tools, including alerts and configuration guidance
• Support for server and storage hardware and firmware; includes
Oracle Linux
Oracle Premier Support
• Anytime web or phone access
for Systems
• On-site hardware response with 2 hours if Database Machine is
within a 2 hour service coverage area
• Provides replacements for failed disk drives
Oracle Customer Data
• Customer retains the failed disk drives
and Device Retention
• Provides additional security for sensitive data

See also http://www.oracle.com/support/policies.html

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 Oracle Platinum Services:
Enhanced Support at No Additional Cost
Platinum Service Features Benefits
Fastest identification, notification, and
24/7 Fault monitoring
restoration of issues

Event filtering and qualification Focus on critical events

Remote Fault
Monitoring Reporting on event management Full visibility of faults detected by Oracle

A single global knowledge base, tool set

Leverage Oracle’s collective knowledge
and client portal
24/7 Response Times:
• 5-min fault notification
Highest level of response with the fastest
• 15-min restoration or escalation to path to issue resolution
Accelerated development
Response • 30-min joint debugging
Escalation process and hotline with
Expert support staff available 24x7
dedicated escalation managers
Assess and Analyze: Produce a quarterly Proactive identification of best practice
patch plan configuration for optimal performance
Patch Deployment
Plan and Deploy: Proactively plan and Minimize business disruption and ensure
deploy patches four times per year systems performance

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 Database Machine Benefits for Data Warehousing

• Modular storage cell building blocks are organized into a

parallel storage grid providing large I/O throughput.
• The InfiniBand storage network is much faster than
traditional SAN storage networks, which helps to deliver
the potential of the storage grid.
• Query processing is moved into storage to dramatically
reduce data sent to servers while unloading server CPUs.
• Exadata Hybrid Columnar Compression reduces the
number of physical I/Os for large table scans.
• In-memory parallel query provides a powerful alternative
query strategy that complements Exadata Storage Server.

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 Database Machine Benefits for OLTP

• Modular storage cell building blocks are organized into a

parallel storage grid providing large I/O throughput.
• The InfiniBand storage network is much faster than
traditional SAN storage networks which helps to deliver the
potential of the storage grid.
• Powerful well-balanced database servers with large
amounts of RAM help to support large user populations
and large database buffer caches.
• Exadata Smart Flash Cache provides a high-performance
secondary cache for frequently accessed objects, which is
excellent for absorbing repeated random reads.
Hundreds of Tens of thousands
I/Os per sec of I/Os per second

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 Quiz

What are three unique benefits of Exadata Storage Server

compared to traditional storage servers?
a. Larger disk sizes
b. Smart storage capabilities
c. Higher storage network bandwidth
d. Higher RAM capacity
e. Integrated database I/O resource management

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned to:

• Provide an overview-level description of Exadata Storage
Server and the different Database Machine configurations
• Outline the key capacity and performance specifications
for Database Machine

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