September 2019 Oracle announced Oracle Database
Appliance X8-2 (Small, Medium and HA). ODA X8-2 comes with more computing
resources compared with X7-2 Models.
Let's take a quick look at few benefits of ODA
followed by the technical specification on ODA X8-2 Small/Medium and HA.
Oracle Database Appliance is an Engineered System.
Software, server, storage, and networking, all co-engineered and optimized to
run Oracle Database and applications.
Benefits of Oracle Database Appliance (ODA):
- Software, server, storage, and networking engineered and optimized to run Oracle Database and applications.
- Supports Oracle Database Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, Standard Edition 2, and Enterprise Edition.
- Optimized for Cloud
- Capacity on Demand Licensing - Reduced Cost
- Ease of deployment, patching, management, and support
- Increased performance and reliability with NVMe flash storage
- Reliable hardware architecture with redundant power, cooling, networking, and storage
- Browser User Interface (BUI)
In this article we will compare the technical
specifications of ODA X8-2 model family (Small, Medium and HA). This comparison table comes handy when you want to quickly take a look at the resources available for a given model.
For more information on the technical
specification loot at the ODA X8-2 HA and Small/Medium Data Sheet at:
|
Component
|
ODA
X8-2 Small
|
ODA
X8-2 Medium
|
ODA
X8-2 HA
|
|
Database
Server
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Storage
Shelf
|
NA
|
NA
|
1 4U
DE3-24C Storage Shelf per System
Optional
Second Storage Shelf for Expansion
|
|
Rack
Size
|
1 2RU
Server
|
1 2RU
Server
|
2 2RU
Servers & 1 4U Storage Shelf
|
|
Processor
|
One
16-core Intel Xeon Gold 5218
|
Two
16-core Intel Xeon Gold 5218
|
Two
16-core Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Per Server
|
|
Physical
Memory
|
192
GB
Expandable
to 384 GB
|
384
GB
Expandable
to 768 GB
|
384
GB
Expandable
to 768 GB per server
|
|
Storage
|
Two 6.4
TB NVMe SSDs
12.8
TB (raw)
|
Base:
Two 6.4 TB NVMe SSDs
12.8
TB (raw)
|
Base:
Six 7.68 TB SSDs
46 TB
(raw)
|
|
Storage
Expansion
|
Not
expandable
|
Expandable
up to 76.8 TB (raw)
|
Expandable
up to 369 TB SSD or up to 92 TB SSD / 504 TB HDD (Raw)
|
|
Network
|
4 x
10GBase-T ports (RJ45) expandable up to 12 x 10GBase-T ports or
2 x
10/25 GbE ports (SFP28) expandable up to 6 x 10/25 GbE ports
|
4 x
10GBase-T ports (RJ45) expandable up to 12 x 10GBase-T ports or
2 x
10/25 GbE ports (SFP28) expandable up to 6 x 10/25 GbE ports
|
4 x
10GBase-T ports (RJ45) expandable up to 12 x 10GBase-T ports or
2 x
10/25 GbE ports (SFP28) expandable up to 6 x 10/25 GbE ports
|
|
Oracle
Database
|
Oracle
Database 18c/19c EE & SE 2
Oracle
Database 12c R1/R2 EE & SE 2
Oracle
Database 11g R2 EE, SE & SE 1
|
Oracle
Database 18c/19c EE & SE 2
Oracle
Database 12c R1/R2 EE & SE 2
Oracle
Database 11g R2 EE, SE & SE 1
|
Oracle
Database 18c/19c EE & SE 2
Oracle
Database 12c R1/R2 EE & SE 2
Oracle
Database 11g R2 EE, SE & SE 1
|
|
Database
Deployment
|
Single
Instance
|
Single
Instance
|
Single
Instance, RAC & RAC One node
|
|
Virtualization
|
Oracle
Linux KVM
|
Oracle
Linux KVM
|
Oracle
VM & Oracle Linux KVM
|
|
Operating
System
|
Oracle
Linux
|
Oracle
Linux
|
Oracle
Linux
|
