Oracle Exadata

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Oracle Exadata
Original author(s) Oracle Corporation
Initial releaseOctober 2008
Operating system Oracle Linux
Platform Exadata Database Machine, Exadata Database Service, Exadata Cloud@Customer
License Commercial
Website www.oracle.com/exadata
Larry Ellison and Exadata (2009) Larry Ellison and Exadata.jpg
Larry Ellison and Exadata (2009)

Oracle Exadata (Exadata [1] ) is a computing system optimized for running Oracle Databases.

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Exadata is a combined hardware and software platform that includes scale-out x86-64 compute and storage servers, RoCE networking, RDMA-addressable memory acceleration, NVMe flash, and specialized software. [2]

Exadata was introduced in 2008 for on-premises deployment, and since October 2015, via the Oracle Cloud as a subscription service, known as the Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure, [3] and Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure. [4] Exadata Cloud@Customer [5] is a hybrid cloud (on-premises) deployment of Exadata Database Service.

Use cases

Exadata is designed to run all Oracle Database workloads, such as OLTP, Data Warehousing, Analytics, and AI vector processing, often with multiple consolidated databases running simultaneously.

Historically, specialized database computing platforms were designed for a particular workload, such as Data Warehousing, and poor or unusable for other workloads, such as OLTP. Exadata specializes in mixed workloads sharing system resources with resource management features for prioritization, such as favoring workloads servicing interactive users over reporting and batch. Long running requests, characterized by Data Warehouses, reports, batch jobs and Analytics, are reported to run many times faster compared to a conventional, non-Exadata database server. [6] [7]

Release History

Exadata ReleasePrimary Software EnhancementsPrimary Hardware Enhancements
Exadata Exascale

July, 2024

Fully elastic pay-per-use architecture. Users specify the cores and storage capacity needed, reducing entry-level infrastructure costs for Exadata Database Service and aligning costs with usageNone
Large pools of shared compute and storage allow databases to quickly scale over time without concern for server-based size limitations or disruptive migrationsNone
Rapid and efficient database snapshots and thin cloningNone
X10M - June 2023Exadata RDMA Memory (XRMEM) DRAM cache3x increase in compute cores (96-core AMD EPYC)
Oracle Linux 8 and UEK 6 kernel updates1.5x higher memory capacity
New In-Memory Columnar compression algorithm2.5x faster DDR5 memory
Optimized Smart Scan for more complex queries2.4x higher flash storage capacity (in all-flash storage)
Faster decryption and decompression22% more disk storage capacity
X9M - Sept, 2021Secure RDMA fabric isolationPCIe 4.0 dual-port active-active 100 Gb RoCE network
Smart Flash Log write-back33% increase in compute cores
Storage Index and Columnar Cache persistence33% increase in memory capacity
Faster decryption and decompression Algorithms28% increase in disk capacity
Smart Scan performance optimizations1.8x greater internal fabric bandwidth (PCIe 4.0)
1.8x greater flash bandwidth (PCIe 4.0)
X8M - Sept, 2019RoCE: RDMA over Converged EthernetPersistent Memory (PMEM) in storage
Persistent Memory Data Accelerator100 Gbit/s internal fabric (2.5x increase)
Persistent Memory Commit Accelerator
KVM virtual machine support
X8 - April, 2019AIDE: Advanced Intrusion Detection EnvironmentStorage Server Extended (XT)
ML-based monitoring and auto-indexing40% increase in disk capacity
Real-time updates of optimizer statistics60% increase in storage processor cores
X7 - Oct, 2017In-memory database in flash storage2x increase in flash capacity
DRAM cache in storage25% increase in disk capacity
Large-scale storage software updates25 Gbit/s data center Ethernet support
Exadata Cloud@CustomerExadata Cloud Service on-premises
X6 - April, 2016Exafusion direct-to-wire OLTP protocol2x increase in flash capacity
Smart Fusion Block Transfer10% increase in compute cores
Smart Flash Log2x increase in memory capacity
Exadata Cloud ServiceExadata on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
X5 - Dec, 2014In-memory database fault tolerance2x increase in flash & disk capacity
Database snapshotsElastic configurations
Xen virtual machine supportAll-flash storage server option
NVMe flash protocol support50% increase in compute cores
IPv6 support50% increase in memory capacity
X4 - Nov, 2013Network Resource Management2x increase in flash capacity
I/O latency capping2x increase in memory capacity
Capacity-on-Demand licensing50% increase in compute cores
Active/Active InfiniBand (2x increase)33% increase in disk capacity
X3 - Sept, 2013Smart Flash Cache write-backEighth-Rack configuration
Improved management of slow disks/flash4x increase in flash capacity
Sub-second brownout after storage failure33% increase in compute cores
Simplified disk replacement75% increase in memory capacity
Bypass predictive disk failure2x increase in data center bandwidth
X2 - Sept, 2010Smart Flash Log8-socket (X2-8) configuration
Auto Service RequestStorage Expansion Rack
Secure Erase of storageHardware-based decryption
Platinum Services50% increase in compute cores
2x increase in memory capacity
50% increase in disk capacity
8x increase in data center bandwidth
v2 - Sept, 2009Storage IndexesFlash storage
Database-aware Smart Flash CacheQuarter-Rack configuration
Hybrid Columnar Compression2x increase in memory & disk capacity
3x increase in data center bandwidth
40 Gbit/s internal fabric (2x increase)
v1 - Sept, 2008Oracle Enterprise LinuxScale-out 4-socket compute servers
Smart Scan (storage offload)Scale-out 4-socket storage servers
IORM (I/O Resource Manager)20 Gbit/s internal fabric (InfiniBand)
Join filtering (Bloom filters)1 Terabyte disks
Incremental backup filtering1 Gbit/s data center network (Ethernet)
Smart file creation

Support Policy

As the platform has been around since 2008, Oracle has published information related to the end-of-support for older Exadata generations. In Oracle's published document titled Oracle Hardware and Systems Support Policies, [8] they mention "After five years from last ship date, replacement parts may not be available and/or the response times for sending replacement parts may be delayed." To look up the "last ship date" of a particular Oracle Exadata generation, Oracle published a document titled Oracle Exadata - A guide for decision makers. [9]

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References

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