Add DB or Storage servers
Mix EF and HC storage servers in same rack
No need for half rack upgrade, or full rack upgrade
Assembled with requested servers by Oracle
Or add servers incrementally (online) at customer site
Can add X5-2 servers to older (v2 to x4) machines
Standard Configurations also available
Eighth Rack, Quarter Rack, Half Rack, Full Rack
Eighth to Quarter Upgrade (Compute, Storage, Both)
In-Memory Machine wants
Many database cores to run parallel SQL
Lots of memory for populating all tables in-memory
High Capacity Storage Flash is large enough to store in-memory data in flash for fast populate
High Capacity Storage Disk allows triple mirroring database and keeping on-line full backup
Extreme Flash OLTP Machine wants
Enough Flash to fit all OLTP data
Can now size OLTP based on capacity ignoring IOs
Can also add High Capacity storage to keep online backup
Data Warehousing Machine wants
High Storage Capacity to retain lots of years of data
Many DB cores to run parallel SQL
Many Storage Cores to offload work