Last week’s Oracle Open World conference included many different announcements – one that impacts my work was the release of a new generation of Exadata machines – this time, the X7-2. If you’ve followed Exadata development over the years, there has been a typical set of features that come in with each release: Increase in… Read More »
For some reason, I’ve been working on lots of Exadata V2 systems in the past few months. One of the issues that I’ve been coming across for these clients is a failure in the battery that is used by the RAID controller. It was originally expected for these batteries to last 2 years. Unfortunately, there… Read More »
As business has picked up since OpenWorld (didn’t think that was possible, but that’s another story for another day), we have been seeing more customers adopt or seriously look at Exadata as an option for new hardware implementations. While many will complain that there isn’t enough room for customization in the rigid process of configuring… Read More »
We’ve had a few weeks to play around with the ODA in our office, and I’ve been able to crack it open and get to into the software and hardware that powers it. For starters, the system runs a new model of Sun Fire – the X4370 M2. The 4U chassis is basically 2 separate… Read More »