A Technical Overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server
Oracle White Paper— A Technical Overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server
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Oracle White Paper— A Technical Overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server
Introduction ......................................................................................... 2 Exadata Product Family ...................................................................... 4 Exadata Database Machine ............................................................ 4 Exadata Storage Server .................................................................. 8 Exadata Database Machine Architecture .......................................... 12 Database Server Software ............................................................ 14 Exadata Storage Server Software ................................................. 16 Exadata Smart Scan Processing .................................................. 16 Exadata Hybrid Columnar Compression ....................................... 20 I/O Resource Management With Exadata ..................................... 21 Quality of Service (QoS) Management with Exadata .................... 22 Conclusion ........................................................................................ 28
Oracle White Paper— A Technical Overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server
Introduction