2. Who is Enkitec?
• Oracle-centric Consulting Partner focusing on the Oracle
Technology Stack
• Exadata Specialized Partner status (one of a handful globally)
• Dedicated, In-house Exadata / Big Data / ODA / EMC / Dell
• 80+ Successful Exadata Implementations
• Additional Practices include
• Oracle RAC Implementation
• Oracle Golden Gate
• Oracle Applications Administration
• On-Call Database Administration
• APEX / Java / PL*SQL Development
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3. Why is Exadata Different?
Exadata does have a
Secret Sauce
But it’s still just Oracle
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4. What is Exadata?
Exadata is and always has been a Storage Technology
Same Old Secret
Database Servers Really Fast
Network Sauce
(Infiniband)
Here
Storage Servers
Run a portion of the
database software
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5. What are the Exadata Features?
Column Projection - Only return the Columns I asked for:
select column_2 from table
Drastically Reduces the Amount of Data Returned from
Storage to the Database Server
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6. What are the Exadata Features?
Predicate Filtering - Only return the Rows I asked for:
select column_2 from table where…
Further Reduces Data Returned to Database Server
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7. What are the Exadata Features?
Storage Indexes - Tell me where the data isn’t
select cust_state
from customers
where cust_age > 35
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9. PGA Database Server SGA
Standard
Database Server
Operations
Oracle 8K
Records Oracle
Storage Server Block
Storage Server
Smart Scan
or
Offloaded Storage Server
Operations
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11. Exadata Rumors and Truths
• Can you Drop all your Indexes?
• Does it run Bad Code really well?
• Can Exadata run OLTP Workloads?
• Can Exadata run Mixed Workloads?
• Can Exadata run SAP, PeopleSoft,eBiz?
• Is Exadata a good Consolidation Platform?
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