Time to value is an important consideration when purchasing an Exadata. So should it be when integrating it into your enterprise. While the urge to intricately plan and prepare a warehouse ecosystem worthy of this dream platform, management's need to maintain its competitive edge and for fast return on investment required a more expedient and…

The drastic price drops in solid state storage have opened new avenues to maximize database performance. Even very large databases can put their entire active data sets on solid state storage, relegating rotating storage to archival roles. Exadata X3 demonstrates how terabytes of solid state storage can be obtained for the same cost as smaller…

In this Case Study, the over design of using GoldenGate (GG) to consolidate several databases (Oracle and SqlServer) into a single database running on Exadata X2-2 is dicussed. Beacuse of the large volume of transactions being replicated, significant GG tuning, Database configuration and system configuration were required. For added, sensitive data in the database require…

With the emergence of various Engineered systems like Exadata, Exalogic, Exalytics and Big Data Appliance to name a few, how does a company evaluate the value proposition for their specific needs? This session will take a look at the check list for Exadata readiness, or a systematic evaluation process to determine the fit of Exadata…

A case study to provide quick wins in rolling out Big Data and Exadata for Analytics in your Enterprise. As organizations embrace Big Data for analytics, it is very clear that Hadoop and Relational Database are the requiring technology for solving most deep analytic problems and enterprise reporting requirements. This presentation will present a detail…

This presentation emphasizes on key differences and characteristics of exadata and Supercluster. While both the products are very good option for reporting database there is lot confusion when it comes to choose among them. This presentation will not only help understand both the products but also aids in decision making process when it comes to buy one of them.

Storage requirements are exploding across the Oracle industry, often beyond your control. If you own an Exadata, space is a premium and you want to squeeze every ounce you can. This session will demonstrate how you can couple the ZFS Storage Appliance (ZFSSA) with the Exadata to maximize your space utilization by tiering storage on…

This presentation will teach you the basics of Exadata & other Engineered Systems from a beginner's perspective, with experiences and examples that are intermediate level. It will go over the advantages of using this hardware and how the hardware components provide the speed that you'll realize implementing it. We will cover the following topics: •…

Database Consolidation on Exadata with Deep Dive into I/O Resource Management This session covers the following topics: • Overview of the I/O Resource Management feature of Oracle Exadata • I/O Resource Management architecture • I/O Resource Management rules and planning • I/O Resource Management plans (intradatabase, interdatabase, and category resource plans) • Enabling intradatabase resource…

In 2010, Northeast Utilities (a Connecticut-based Electric and Gas utility with over 2 million customers) embarked on an ambitious BIDW initiative to integrate data across its Meter Operations business unit. The resulting Oracle data warehouse combined with a 50+ dashboard OBIEE application proved successful and is heavily-used today. But with large data volumes (and more…