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Oracle Introduces Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack
Empowers Customers with Big Data Requirements to Cost-Effectively Grow the
Capacity of Oracle Exadata Database Machines
Redwood Shores, Calif. – July 12, 2011
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Oracle today announced the Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack, a
cost-effective way to add extreme performance storage servers to an
Oracle Exadata Database Machine.
The Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack is ideal for storing massive
amounts of structured and unstructured data including historical relational
data; backups of Oracle Exadata Database Machine; weblogs;
documents, images, LOBs and XML files.
Standard Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack configurations come
with 96 Terabytes to more than 3 Petabytes of Raw Disk Storage using
only the included InfiniBand switches.
More than 10 Petabytes of user data can be stored using the Exadata
Hybrid Columnar Compression which is included.
Also included, the Flash PCI Card Capacity ranges from 1.5 TB to 47 TB.
The Intel Xeon CPU processing power in the Oracle Exadata Storage
Servers range from 48 CPU Cores to more than 1500 CPU Cores.
Extreme Scalability for Mission-Critical Database Storage
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The Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack has complete redundancy
built in to support the demands of critical applications including redundant
40 Gb/sec InfiniBand connectivity.
Each server also features hot-swappable disks, power supplies and fans
for high availability.
The Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack supports the full range of
unique Oracle Exadata Storage Software features including:
o Oracle Exadata Hybrid Columnar Compression that typically
provides 10x compression;
o Oracle Exadata Smart Scan that runs database queries directly in
storage;
o Oracle Exadata Storage Indexes;
o Oracle Exadata Data Mining Offload;
o Oracle Exadata Backup Acceleration; and,
o Oracle Exadata I/O Resource Manager prioritization by Database
User or Job.
Automatic Storage Management (ASM) dynamically and automatically
balances the data across Oracle Exadata Storage Servers, evenly
balancing the I/O load across the racks to fully utilize all available
hardware.
ASM also provides disk mirroring (normal or triple mirrored) to protect
against disk failures, loss of data and safeguard data accessibility.
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The Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack comes in three
configurations:
o Full Rack with 18 Oracle Exadata Storage Servers delivering up to
6.75 TB of Oracle Exadata Smart Flash Cache, 432 TB of raw disk
storage, and 216 CPU Cores for SQL processing in storage;
o Half Rack with 9 Oracle Exadata Storage Servers delivering 3.4 TB
of Oracle Exadata Smart Flash Cache, 216 TB of raw disk storage,
and 108 CPU Cores for SQL processing in storage; and,
o Quarter Rack with 4 Oracle Exadata Storage Servers delivering 1.5
TB of Oracle Exadata Smart Flash Cache, 96 TB of raw disk
storage, and 48 CPU Cores for SQL processing in storage.
All three versions of the Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack are
delivered with the same 2 TB High Capacity SAS disks and Oracle
Exadata Smart Flash Cache available in the Oracle Exadata Database
Machine.
Up to eight Oracle Exadata Database Machine racks and Oracle Exadata
Storage Expansion Racks can be simply connected via InfiniBand cables
to achieve single storage grid with a raw disk capacity of 3,360 TB. Larger
configurations can be built with additional switches.
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“Organizations today are continually challenged with managing and
storing the explosive growth in both structured and unstructured data,”
said Andrew Mendelsohn, senior vice president, Database Server
Technologies, Oracle. “By combining leading, industry-standard servers
and storage hardware from Sun with the intelligence built into Oracle
software, the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exadata
Storage Expansion Rack allow customers to achieve unmatched data
scalability, capacity and reliability.”
Supporting Resources
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About Oracle Exadata Database Machine
About Oracle Database 11g
About Oracle Exadata Storage Server
Read Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack Data Sheet
Learn more about Oracle Exadata customers
Connect with Oracle Database via Blog, Facebook and Twitter
About Oracle Exadata
The Oracle Exadata Database Machine is the only database machine that
provides extreme performance for both data warehousing and online transaction
processing (OLTP) applications, making it the ideal platform for consolidating
onto grids or private clouds. It is a complete package of servers, storage,
networking, and software that is massively scalable, secure, and redundant. With
Oracle Exadata Database Machine, customers can reduce IT costs through
consolidation, manage more data on multiple compression tiers, improve
performance of all applications, and make better business decisions in real time.
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Contact Info
Eloy Ontiveros
Oracle
+1.650.607.6458
[email protected]
Letty Ledbetter
Oracle
+1.650.506.8071
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