X2-2 Exadata Machine Overview

Exadata Machine

-Database Servers, Storage and Network in a Single Enclosure

-High Bandwidth Network Connects Database and Storage Servers

-Intelligent Storage Filters Data and Minimizes Network Traffic

-Optimized for Both Data Warehouse and OLTP Activity

-Available in two variants, X2-2 and X2-8

-Available Full, half and Quarter Racks

Machine Configuration 

-8 Intel-based Dual-processor Database Servers (Sun Fire X4170 M2)

-96 cores (12 per server)

-768 GB memory (96GB per server)

-10 GigE connectivity to Data Center

-16 x 10GbE ports (2 per server)

-14 Exadata Storage Servers X2-2 All with High Performance 600GB SAS disks OR All with High Capacity 2 TB SAS disks

-3 Sun Datacenter InfiniBand Switch 36

-36-port Managed QDR (40Gb/s) switch

-1 “Admin” Cisco Ethernet switch

-Keyboard, Video, Mouse (KVM) hardware

-Redundant Power Distributions Units (PDUs)

Grid 

Flash

X2-2 Exadata Storage Overview

Exadata Storage

-High Performance storage
-Up to 1.8 GB/Sec raw data Bandwidth
-Up to 75.000 IOPS using flash
-64 Bit Intel-based sun fire server
-Pre-Installed Software - Storage Software , Oracle Linux x86_64 , Drivers and Utilities

Exadata Storage Configuration

-12 x 3.5 inch High Performance or High Capacity SAS disks
-384 GB of Exadata Smart Flash Cache
-12 CPU cores dedicated to SQL processing in storage
-24 GB memory
-Dual InfiniBand ports
-Redundant power supplies
-Oracle Exadata Storage
-Server software
-Oracle Linux or Solaris based Database Machines

Hardware Stack 

 

Storage Grid