Reply To: What is the Exadata ?

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Hi Andre,

Oracle Exadata database machine is a gigantic system in a full cabinet, developed for the purpose of high availability and great performance for Oracle databases by using intelligent software-managed hardware, unique exadata software and unique high network speed.

In September 2008, Oracle announced the Exadata V1, also known as the HP Oracle Database Machine, in which the Software and Hardware run harmoniously. Although the first known Exadata software was Oracle, the hardware belonged to HP.

Next September 2009 in the Open World, Oracle acquired Sun Microsystem and Sun equipped Exadata V2 announced. In the first version of Exadata is produced for the purpose of Datawarehouse .

Sun SLC Flash cards are used in each server After Sun microsystem acquiring, thus Oracle exadata has been world’s first DWH and OLTP database machine.

After Exadata V1 and V2, Exadata X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7-2 and finally Exadata X8-2 are announced a few weeks ago.

Latest version of Exadata is Exadata X8-2 for now.

The size and technical capacity of Full Exadata in different versions are as follows. This information belongs to the Full exadata, so 1/2 exadata is half of Full Exadata ( in terms of Storage, CPU, Memory ), and also 1/4 Exadata is a quarter of Full exadata.