Chapter 10. Ease the Chaos with Exadata Management

Many people know about Exadata, the extreme performance machine from Oracle for OLTP as well as data warehousing applications. The Exadata Database Machine combines Sun Hardware with Oracle database and storage software, and is installed as a highly optimized and fully engineered system of servers, storage, and software.

One of the open secrets of Exadata is its massively parallel grid architecture, that uses multiple Exadata compute nodes with Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) active-active databases, and multiple Exadata storage cells. This results in fast, predictable performance.

The Oracle technologies used in Exadata are complex and manifold, and these technologies must be managed efficiently. ...

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