Oracle has released the much-anticipated version of cellsrv compatible with Oracle Database 12.1.0.1 (patch #16980054). Before thinking about upgrading, read MOS note #1571789.1 carefully. Unless you are planning to run database 12c on your Exadata, it would be advisable to continue down the 11.2 branch of the cellsrv software, which currently has a latest version… Read More »
Today, Oracle announced the Exadata X4-2 model. The X4 has some considerable improvements, namely: 12-core Intel Xeon e5-2697 CPUs, up from the 8-core models found in the X3-2 (hello, database licenses!) 256GB RAM per database server, upgradeable to 512GB 96GB RAM per storage server 800GB Sun Flash F80 cards – 3.2TB of storage per cell… Read More »
I heard a strange report from a client late last week – they weren’t getting any smart scans on their Exadata – a data warehouse, no less (and we checked to see if cell_offload_processing was set to true). Queries would run normally, but for some reason, the “cell physical IO interconnect bytes returned by smart… Read More »
A while back, I noticed this session in the Open World 2013 content catalog. I didn’t think much of it at the time, other than that it had a catchy title. The other day, I downloaded the latest Exadata deployment utility via the OneCommand tool. I noticed something a little strange when I was going… Read More »
Just a quick reminder – I’ll be presenting my “Getting Ready for Exadata” seminar in London on July 1. We’ll cover various topics on what you need to know before you purchase an Exadata and how to manage one of these systems on a daily basis. We’ll have lots of time for Q&A, and most… Read More »
Rene Kundersma at Oracle just published a nifty new utility named dbnodeupdate.sh that will assist with the sometimes-cumbersome process of updating the compute nodes in an Exadata environment. Starting last year with 11.2.3.1.0, Oracle introduced yum updates for the Exadata compute nodes. Previously, each Exadata storage server patch came with a “minimal” or “convenience” pack… Read More »
When the 11.2.3.2.1 release of the Exadata Storage Server software was released, I was a little excited. There were numerous oneoff patches for the previous release, 11.2.3.2.0, which was the first version to support the Exadata X3, writeback flashcache, run UEK on the X#-2 systems, etc. With that many large changes introduced in one version,… Read More »
Well, it’s been a really busy past few months, and I hate to admit it, but I’ve been neglecting this space more than anything. Despite having many different posts in the works, nothing is quite finished yet. I do have a little time to mention a few of my upcoming speaking events, though. First, I’ll… Read More »
Well, it’s finally public, so we’re able to openly talk about the new Exadata X3 systems. Looking back on my pre-openworld predictions, I was pretty close on a few things. I was correct on the database servers, which will have Xeon E5-2690 CPUs (8 core, 2.9GHz) with 128GB RAM upgradeable to 256GB. It looks like… Read More »
There have been a couple of posts we’ve seen lately about expectations of an Exadata X3-2 and X3-8 release at Oracle Open World 2012. I mentioned in my previous post about the possible release of an X3-2 1/8th rack configuration. I had guessed that this would be similar to the old V2 basic system that… Read More »