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 IBM Power Systems vs. Intel based Engineered Systems
 IBM Power Systems vs. SuperCluster/SPARC based Systems
 IBM Storage Systems vs. Oracle Engineered Systems
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Oracle Exadata Database Machine Detail
Oracle Database Appliance Detail  This presentation
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Oracle Database Appliance
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Oracle Database Appliance X8-2 Model Family
Three different models:
 16 to 64 cores
 12.8 to 596 TB raw data storage
 Single-instance or Real Application Clusters (RAC) configurations
 Runs database or application workloads in KVM based virtual machines
Source: https://www.oracle.com/engineered-systems/database-appliance/index.html
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Oracle Database Appliance X8-2S, X8-2M
 Appliance Manager: One-button automation to
provision, patch, and diagnose database servers
 KVM based virtualization (optional)
 Pay-as-you-grow licensing
Entry level Database Appliance offering:
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X8-2S: 16-core (Xeon Gold 5218 2.3 GHz), with 192
or 384 GB memory, 5.8 TB usable storage
(mirrored)
X8-2M: 32-core (Xeon Gold 5218 2.3 GHz), with
384 or 768 GB memory), 11.9 to 596 TB usable
storage (double or triple mirrored);
External NFS storage supported for online backups,
data staging, or additional DB files
Oracle 11gr2 - Enterprise , Standard Edition One
Oracle 12c, 18c, 19c or 21c - Enterprise, Standard
Edition Two
Intended to be sold by Oracle channel partners or
Oracle direct telemarketers
− Start with as few as 2 cores
− Grow in increments of 2 cores
 Starting price of $19,980 for X8-2S or $32,400 for
X8-2M (list)
− Oracle 11gR2, 12c, 18c, 19c, 21c licensed separately
− 3-year list cost for fully configured X8-2M is more than
$1.3 million when fully licensed with Oracle Enterprise
Edition (no additional features)
 Not a small Exadata: no Exadata storage servers,
no smart scan, no hybrid columnar compression
 No Oracle RAC support
 KVM based virtualization
Source: https://www.oracle.com/engineered-systems/database-appliance/index.html
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/exadata-pricelist-070598.pdf
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What’s inside the Oracle Database Appliance X8-2S
 Redundant power supplies
 Integrated Lights-Out Management (ILOM) out-ofband management system
 Oracle Linux, Oracle Appliance Manager
 Oracle Enterprise Manager Management Pack
support (optional)
1 x 16-core server, with:
 1 x 16-core (Xeon Gold 5218 2.3 GHz) socket
 192 GB (expandable to 384 GB) memory
 2 x 480 GB M.2 SATA SSDs (mirrored) for Operating Systems and Oracle DB software
 Up to 3 x quad-port 10GBase-T or dual-port 10/25 Gb Ethernet (GbE) SPF28 cards
 2 x USB 3.0 ports
 2 x 6.4 TB NVMe SSDs -- 5.8 TB usable (mirrored)
Source: https://www.oracle.com/engineered-systems/database-appliance/index.html
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What’s inside the Oracle Database Appliance X8-2M
 Redundant power supplies
 Integrated Lights-Out Management (ILOM) out-ofband management system
 Oracle Linux, Oracle Appliance Manager
 Oracle Enterprise Manager Management Pack
support (optional)
1 x 32-core server, with:
 2 x 16-core (Xeon Gold 5218 2.3 GHz) socket
 384 GB (expandable to 768 GB) memory
 2 x 480 GB M.2 SATA SSDs (mirrored) for Operating Systems and Oracle DB software
 Up to 3 x quad-port 10GBase-T or dual-port 10/25 Gb Ethernet (GbE) SPF28 cards
 2 x USB 3.0 ports
Storage Options
Number of 6.4 TB NVMe SSDs
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2
4
6
8
10
12
Raw (TB)
12.8 TB
25.6 TB
38.4 TB
51.2 TB
64.0 TB
76.8 TB
Usable (double mirroring)
5.8 TB
9.9 TB
14.8 TB
19.8 TB
24.7 TB
29.7 TB
N/A
6.6 TB
9.9 TB
13.2 TB
16.5 TB
19.8 TB
Usable (triple mirroring)
Source: https://www.oracle.com/engineered-systems/database-appliance/index.html
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Oracle Database Appliance X8-2-HA
 Appliance Manager: One-button
automation to provision, patch, and
diagnose database servers
 Oracle VM (optional)
 Pay-as-you-grow licensing
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Entry level HA Database Appliance offering:
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2 x 32-core (Xeon Gold 5218 2.3 GHz) ) servers, with 384 or
768 GB memory
11.9 to 230.6 TB usable storage (mirrored)
External NFS storage supported for online backups, data
staging, or additional DB files
Oracle 11gr2 - Enterprise , Standard Edition One
Oracle 12c, 18c, 19c, 21c - Enterprise, Standard Edition Two
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC One Node or Real
Application Clusters (RAC)
Intended to be sold by Oracle channel partners or Oracle
direct telemarketers
Start with as few as 2 cores per server
Grow in increments of 2 x 2 cores
 Starting price of $83,160 (list)
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Oracle 11gR2, 12c, 18c, 19c, 21c licensed
separately
− 3-year list cost for a fully populated X8-2-HA is
nearly $3.0 million when fully licensed with
Oracle Enterprise Edition (no RAC or other
additional features)
 Not a small Exadata: no Exadata storage
servers, no smart scan, no hybrid
columnar compression
Source: https://www.oracle.com/engineered-systems/database-appliance/index.html
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/exadata-pricelist-070598.pdf
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What’s inside the Oracle Database Appliance X8-2HA
 Redundant power supplies
 Integrated Lights-Out Management (ILOM) out-ofband management system
 Oracle Linux, Oracle Appliance Manager
 Oracle Enterprise Manager Management Pack
support (optional)
 Oracle VM (optional)
2 x 32-core servers, each with:
 32-core (Xeon Gold 5218 2.3 GHz) ) servers
 384 or 768 GB memory
 2 x 480 GB M.2 SATA SSDs (mirrored) for Operating Systems and Oracle DB software
 Up to 3 x quad-port 10GBase-T or dual-port 10/25 Gb Ethernet (GbE) SPF28 cards
 2 x USB 3.0 ports
 1 x Dual-port 25 GbE (SFP28) card for cluster interconnect, 2 x Dual-port external SAS HBA PCIe 3.0
cards
Storage Options
All SSDs
Number of 7.68 TB NVMe SSDs / 14 TB HDDs 
SSDs / HDDs
6
12
18
24
48
6 / 18
12 / 36
Raw (TB)
46.0 TB
92 TB
138 TB
184 TB
369 TB
298 TB
596 TB
Usable (double mirroring)
17.8 TB
35.6 TB
53.4 TB
71.2 TB
142.5 TB
114.8 TB
230.6 TB
Usable (triple mirroring)
11.9 TB
23.7 TB
35.6 TB
46,5 TB
95.0 TB
76.9 TB
153.7 TB
Source: https://www.oracle.com/engineered-systems/database-appliance/index.html
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Optional NFS based storage expansion
 Increase overall database storage capacity beyond what is supported by the internal disk
 Create external DB disk backups
 Implement storage tiering with frequently accessed tables or partitions on internal SAS disk
and less frequently accessed data on NFS
 Enable Hybrid Columnar Compression (HCC) for data stored on ZFS Storage Appliance
Source: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-appliance/documentation/oda-expandingstorage-1707855.pdf
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Marketplace reaction to Oracle’s Database Appliance
“Oracle hasn't had a lot of success with these
database-in-a-box solutions in small and midsized organizations before, largely because they
can't afford Oracle DBAs … [I]t's not really clear
who is going to buy this thing.”
“Oracle sends mixed messages with new database
appliance'”,
Ars Technica,
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“SMB (Small/Medium Business) + Real
Application Clusters? Who is handing out
the get out of jail free cards? Who briefed
Oracle’s Executives on what this thing
actually is before they started talking about
it?”
“Oracle Database Appliance–Bringing Exadata
To The Masses. And, No More Patching!'”,
http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/oracledatabase-appliance-bringing-exadata-to-the-massesand-no-more-patching/
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Oracle Database Appliance – Claims vs. Reality
Oracle Engineered Systems Claims
IBM Response / Reality
Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) is designed to take
the complexity out of running Oracle software –
“Simplified” small configuration (tested and certified)
Oracle RAC is anything but simple. ODA requires Oracle DBA skills and resources that go
well beyond what most SMB customers want to invest in. On Power Systems, RAC isn’t
required to meet availability requirements for most customer applications.
ODA is an Entry Level Exadata
There are absolutely NO EXADATA FEATURES in an ODA. ODA is purely two x86 DB nodes
with direct attached storage. No Exadata storage cells to enable any Exadata features. The
same full featured Oracle Database product is available on all Power Systems configurations.
ODA offers Capacity on Demand
Oracle Appliance Manager and Oracle VM enable a CoD like feature, but there is no on/off
option with it. In addition, VM’s are not dynamic – they cannot grow and shrink dynamically
with efficiency based on workload demand or priority. IBM Power Systems offer both eCoD as
well as dynamic reallocation of resources with no impact to workload performance.
The X8-2S and X8-2M models only come in a single node configuration, and the X8-2-HA
only comes in a 2-node configuration with no ability to expand or scale beyond 2 DB nodes. It
is essentially a “disposable” appliance from Oracle’s perspective and cannot be upgraded to
any other Engineered System. With Power Systems, scale-out to as many Oracle nodes
required, or scale-up from 1 to 240 cores (1,920 SMT threads) on a single server or LPAR.
X8-2S/X8-2M come with as little as 12.8 TB of raw
storage, expandable to 76.8 TB raw
X8-2-HA comes with as little as 46 TB of raw storage,
expandable to 504 TB raw
ODA is inexpensive
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As is true with all of Oracle’s Engineered Systems, the storage that comes with ODA requires
double or triple mirroring for data protection, reducing the usable storage capacity down to as
little as 5.3 TB for the X8-2S/S8-2M models and 11.9 TB for X8-2-HA. A maxed-out HDD
based X8-2-HA has as little as 130 TB of usable capacity. IBM Enterprise storage solutions
offer expandability from a few Terabytes to multiple petabytes with a range of data protection
options.
In order to exploit more than 8 Intel cores (16 threads) Oracle DB Enterprise Edition is
required; And, Oracle strongly suggests RAC on X8-2HA (for any RAS), which can drive up
ODA 3-year list cost to over $4.2 million. On smaller 1-socket IBM Power Servers, Oracle
Standard edition is much less expensive. Run Oracle SE on highly available IBM Scale-out
POWER9 servers and reduce Oracle SW costs!
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What to say about the Oracle Database Appliance
 Limited reliability/availability for single node (X8-2S, X8-2M systems: Power Systems
offer higher server reliability than Intel
 X8-2HA provides high availability, but much higher total cost and Oracle RAC is
required; Not designed for small businesses
 It is expensive: up to $4.3 million* 3-year cost (at list) when fully licensed
 It is not scalable: maximum of 2 DB nodes and 166 terabytes of usable disk space
 HDD based model has limited update performance due to the small number of slow
7,200 RPM drives
 It has no built-in analytics unlike IBM Integrated Analytics System
 Primarily targets SQL Server customer set, but is a potential upsell to Exadata
* - Based on list cost for Oracle Database Enterprise Edition with Real Application Clusters (RAC) option and 3 years support
Sources: Exadata pricing guide and Oracle technology price list (as of March 8, 2022)
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IBM Database Appliances
IBM Cloud Pak for Data System
 A true plug-and-play enterprise data and AI solution, built to deliver superb
performance and time to value
 A complete hybrid cloud on-premises data-fabric-solution-in-a-box. Preconfigured,
high-performance environment is designed to drive insights and innovation
 Real time analytics with machine learning
https://www.ibm.com/products/cloud-pak-for-data/system
IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS
 Delivers high-speed processing for complex Db2 queries to support businesscritical reporting and analytic workloads
 Power Systems based hardware, or z Systems based software appliance
https://www.ibm.com/products/db2-analytics-accelerator
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