Exadata X4 Hardware Update

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 Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to describe the

updates and changes associated with Exadata Database
Machine X4 hardware.

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 Exadata Storage Server X4-2
Hardware Overview

Processors 12 Intel CPU Cores

2 x E5-2630 v2 Processors (2.6 GHz)
System Memory 96 GB

Disk Drives 12 x 1.2 TB 10,000 RPM High Performance Disk Drives

or 12 x 4 TB 7,200 RPM High Capacity Disk Drives
Flash 3.2 TB - 4 x 800 GB Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Cards

Disk Controller Disk Controller Host Bus Adapter with 512 MB Battery Backed
Write Cache and Online Replaceable Battery Backup Unit
InfiniBand Network Dual-Port QDR (40Gb/s) InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter

Remote Management Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Ethernet Port

Power Supplies 2 x Redundant Hot-Swappable Power Supplies

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 Exadata Storage Server X4-2
Configuration Options

High Performance High Capacity

Disks Disks
Raw Disk Capacity1 14.4 TB 48 TB

Uncompressed Data Capacity2 6 TB 20 TB

Raw Disk Throughput 1.75 GB/sec 1.5 GB/sec

Flash Throughput 7.25 GB/sec 7.25 GB/sec

1 - Raw capacity calculated using 1 GB = 1000 x 1000 x 1000 bytes and 1 TB = 1000 x 1000 x 1000
x 1000 bytes.
2 - User Data: Actual space for uncompressed end-user data, computed after single mirroring (ASM
normal redundancy) while also providing adequate space to re-establish the mirroring protection
after a disk failure. Actual user data capacity varies by application.

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 Exadata Database Machine X4-2
Database Server Hardware Overview

Processors 24 Intel CPU Cores

2 x E5-2697 v2 Processors (2.7GHz)
System Memory 256 GB (Expandable to 512 GB)
Disk Drives 4 x 600 GB 10K RPM Disk Drives
Disk Controller Disk Controller Host Bus Adapter with 512 MB Battery Backed
Write Cache and Online Replaceable Battery Backup Unit
Network Interfaces • Dual-Port QDR (40Gb/s) InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter
• Four 1/10 Gb Ethernet Ports (copper)
• Two 10Gb Ethernet Ports (optical)

Remote Management Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Ethernet Port

Power Supplies 2 x Redundant Hot-Swappable Power Supplies

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 Exadata Database Machine X3-8
Update Overview
• Now includes Exadata Storage
Server X4-2
– Increased CPU power, disk
capacity, flash capacity, and so on
• Database servers remain
unchanged
– Two servers, each with 80 CPU
cores and 2 TB RAM
• Name remains unchanged

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 Exadata Rack-Level Changes

• Spine switches are no longer included in

Database Machines:
– They can still be purchased separately
– They are still included in Storage
Expansion Racks
• Included spare parts kit now contains:
– 1 spare disk
– 1 spare flash card

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 Exadata Database Machine X4-2 and X3-8
Infrastructure Requirements
• Similar overall power, cooling and airflow
requirements
• Unchanged infrastructure components:
– Rack
– Cisco switch
– PDUs

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned how to describe the

updates and changes associated with Exadata Database
Machine X4 hardware.

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 Additional Resources

Database Machine X4-2 Interactive Tour

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