Since 2008, Oracle introduces Exadata Machine as a high performance and highly scalable database machine for all kinds of database workloads including both OLTP and Data Warehouse workloads. In OpenWorld 2017, Exadata Machine X7 is announced (Juan Loaiza's webcast). This blog summarizes some major updates.
The following are the highlighted updates on the hardware:
- Database Server:
- 24 core Intel Skylake processor
- 25 Gigabit ethernet client connectivity
- Network - Unified InfiniBand Internal Fabric
- Storage
- 2-Socket Storage Server with 10TB Helium Disk Drives
- 6.4 TB Hot Swappable NVMe Flash
Category |
Exadata X7 |
Read IOPS |
4.8 million/second |
Write IOPS |
4.3 million/second |
Network |
25 Gigabits Ethernet Connectivity |
Storage |
50TB of Raw Flash Capacity |
IO Throughput |
350GB/second |
Resources
- Oracle Exadata Database Machine x7-2 Data Sheet, October 2017
- IBM Redbooks, IBM z14 Technical Introduction, July 2017
- IBM Redbooks, IBM z14 Techical Guide, August 21, 2017
- IBM mainframe server z14 (Homepage)