Sanjay Narvekar

Exadata Cloud Service

Level 200 December 2018

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Exadata Cloud Service - Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

• Describe the features of Exadata Cloud Service
• Have an understanding of service management and provisioning

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Exadata: Quick Overview

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Best Infrastructure for a Database Platform

Most Advanced - Highest Performance - Always Available - Starts Small, Scales Huge

Ideal Server Architecture Scale-Out with Fastest CPUs

Ideal Network Architecture Unified Ultra-fast InfiniBand

Ideal Storage Architecture Scale-Out Servers + Database Offload

Ideal Flash Architecture Ultra-fast NVMe PCIe Flash

Ideal Capacity Architecture Tier PCIe Flash & Huge 10TB SAS3 Disks

PCI Flash

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Exadata Cloud Service

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Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service
The only cloud platform engineered to run the Oracle Database

Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Extreme Performance Included

• All Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Options, DB Enterprise Manager Packs
• All Exadata software features included

Bring Your Own License (BYOL) entitlements to Exadata Cloud

• Includes DB Enterprise Edition, add preferred DB Options currently used on-premises
• License entitlements for the following Oracle Database features included
– Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), Data Masking and Subsetting Pack
– Diagnostics Pack, Tuning Pack, Real Application Testing
• One Oracle Processor License maps to 2 OCPUs
• All Exadata software features included

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Exadata Cloud Enterprise Edition Extreme Performance
Most Powerful Database + Platform
Multitenant Offload SQL to Storage

In-Memory DB InfiniBand Fabric

Real Application
Smart Flash Cache, Log PCI Flash
Clusters
Active Data Guard Storage Indexes

Partitioning All Oracle All Exadata Columnar Flash Cache

Advanced
Database DB Machine Hybrid Columnar
Compression Innovations Innovations Compression 10:1
HCC

Advanced Security, I/O Resource I/O I/O I/O

Label Security, DB Vault Management

Real Application Network Resource
Testing Management
Advanced Analytics, In-Memory Fault
Spatial and Graph Tolerance
Management Packs for Exafusion
Oracle Database Direct-to-Wire Protocol

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BYOL: Leverage On-Premises Licenses with Exadata Cloud

Multitenant
Active Data
Guard
Partitioning

In-Memory DB
RAC

Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

Diagnostics and Tuning Pack
Data Masking and Subsetting Pack
Legacy On-Premises Infrastructure Real Application Testing

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Service Details
Releases supported
• Includes Exadata Hardware (X6, X7) & Software
• Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 , 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, and 18c
Deployment
• Available at multiple Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) data center regions
• Choose an OCI region, configure a private software-defined network, choose and configure an
ExaCS shape, deploy databases
• Supports flexible consumption model with minimum 1-month subscription

Lifecycle
• Choice of dedicated hardware infrastructure, up to 368 cores
• Assured hardware resources: no server or storage over-provisioning
• Pay only for database cores needed—no minimums
• Supports up to hundreds of cores, hundreds of terabytes of storage, millions of IOPS
• MAA best practices built-in
• Automated UI to manage databases

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Exadata Cloud Service X7 Hardware Infrastructure

Quarter Rack Half Rack Full Rack

Number of DB Servers 2 4 8
Max Number of OCPUs 92 184 368
Total Memory 1,440 GB 2,880 GB 5,760 GB
No. of Storage Servers 3 6 12
Total Flash Capacity (TB) 76.8 153.6 307.2
Total Usable Disk Capacity (TB) 106.9 213.8 427.6

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Service Management

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Service Operation

Oracle owns and manages Exadata infrastructure

• Servers, storage, storage software, networking, firmware, hypervisor, etc.
Customers control and manage software that directly affects their application
• Authentication to access customer VMs
• Customers have root access to customer VMs
• Database, Grid Infrastructure, agents, operating system, etc.
Customers configure and run databases as they like
• Manage database schemas, users, TDE keys
• Invoke Cloud Automation to perform administrative tasks such as updates, backups

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 Migrating Databases to ExaCS
• 100% Oracle Database compatibility makes migration easy and low risk
• Logical Migration: allows reorganization and optimization
• Data Pump, GoldenGate Replication

• Physical Migration: simplest, byte-to-byte copy

• RMAN backup, Transportable technologies, Data Guard
• Restore from backup on Oracle Public Cloud

Data Movement Options:

• Use public internet
• Private high bandwidth virtual network (FastConnect)
• Data Transfer Services

MAA Migration Best Practices “Best Practices for Migrating to Exadata Database Machine”

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High Availability and Backup & Recovery

Integrated Exadata Maximum Availability Architecture features and practices

• Full data protection, consistency, transactional isolation
• Fully active RAC cluster
• ASM High Redundancy
• Redundant InfiniBand and Ethernet networks
• Data Guard can be set up across OCI Regions
Cloud backup with Oracle Cloud Storage
• Low Cost
• Default frequency: weekly full, daily incremental
Fast Recovery Area (FRA) on Exadata for local on-disk RMAN backups

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Access and Security

• Secure Access from on-premises clients

• Identity and Access Management Service with security rules
• Secure Access through a Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)
• Strict security list config upon creation – customer opens ports
and sets access rules
• InfiniBand partition per tenant for complete isolation
• Databases encrypted by default
• VM isolates hardware from tenant
• 2 Physical Networks
• Client Network – Application Connectivity
• Backup Network – Separate network for DB backup traffic
• Low-latency network connectivity from Compute Tier in Oracle Cloud

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REST APIs

• All Database Cloud provisioning and lifecycle operations are exposed through Web
Interfaces and RESTful APIs
– Activate/Deactivate Service – Create Database (RAC, Active Data Guard, PDB)
– Grow compute or storage – Patch Database
– Manage Virtual Network and Security Lists – Clone Database
– Manage access keys – Configure IO Resource Management
– Start/Stop Compute – Backup and Recovery

• Allows integration with customers’ existing automation infrastructure

– ServiceNow, OpenStack, Cloud Foundry, Terraform

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Provisioning

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Enter Database
Name

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Choose an
Availability
Domain

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Set the Shape

Type to Bare
Metal Machine

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Choose the
Exadata Cloud
Service shape you
wish to use.
(X6 or X7)

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Now, optionally,
name your
Exadata Cluster

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Choose the OCPU Core

Count for your service. It
can be 0 to the maximum
number of OCPUs the
service physically contains

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License Type lets you

choose License included,
our Flex model, where all
options are included or
BYOL where you bring your
licenses from on-premises
to the cloud.

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Enter or upload
your public SSH
key

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Choose a Storage Percentage.

Pick 40% if you want the grid
disks to be 40% data and 60%
recovery or choose 80% if you
need 80% data and 20%
recovery.

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For your Network,

start by choosing
a VCN

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Choose a subnet
for the Client
Network

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And a subnet for

the Backup
Network

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Next, enter a
hostname prefix
for your service

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Start the database section by giving

your database a name. For an
11gR2 database, this is the
database name and with 12 and 18,
this is the CDB name.

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Choose a
Database Version

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If choosing Database
Version 12 or 18, you
can name your first PDB

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Provide a password. This

password will be used for the
SYS and SYSTEM users as
well as your database wallet

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Pick a database
workload type; either
OLTP or DSS

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Optionally, you can

change the character set
of the database, but best
practices say leave as
these values.

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Now click the

Launch DB
System button

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Customer References

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Large Clothing Retailer (Phase 1)
Mission Critical Manhattan and System on Exadata Cloud Service - OCI

Goal: Migrate On-Premises Manhattan WMOS to OCI with MAA

Dynamic Routing Gateway for On Premises Traffic

Challenges Results/ Benefits
OCI VCN OCI VCN • Able to move to
• No true DR a Maximum
Architecture Availability
• Multiple App Tier VCN App Tier Architecture
application Peering • Cost reduction
systems and • New Database
Phoenix Ashburn (DR) Options and
databases spread Data
across many data Features
ExaCS Guard ExaCS • Able to host
centers
• Systems not mixed workloads
enabled for on the ExaCS
multi-node • Can move in
failures multiple phases

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Online Subscription Service Company(Phase 1)
Consolidation and BI on Exadata Cloud Service - OCI

Goal: Consolidate multiple databases and move BI from AWS to Oracle

Challenges Results/ Benefits

OCI VCN OCI VCN • Able to move to
• AWS was missing a Maximum
key features like Availability
DG and RAC IaaS IaaS Architecture
• Database • 6x increase in
Ashburn for DR/Phoenix performance
Performance was Phoenix Data for Test/Dev
slow on RDS • Can move in
Guard multiple phases
• RDS had data file ExaCS ExaCS
storage • Huge cost
limitations the savings
we quickly being
approached
Products New solution
• Exadata Cloud Service in OCI • Cognos and Informatica moved to IaaS
• IaaS in OCI • Multi-Tenancy for consolidation
• FastConnect • Complete system in OCI

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A Multinational Retail Franchise Operator
EBS (HCM) on Exadata Cloud Service – OCI-C

Goal: Move from legacy Data Centers into Oracle Cloud for Production and DR

Challenges On Premises VPN Connection Results/ Benefits

• Able to move to
• Find a cloud a Maximum
vendor who RSYNC App Availability
EBS App Tier EBS App Tier Architecture
could offer Tier
performance for • Expected
Mission Critical Slough Amsterdam Performance
Site to Site VPN
applications from ExaCS
• Move full stack ExaCS
Data Guard ExaCS • Fully integrated
off premises and For into corporate
into a single Databases systems
cloud vendor (VPN/Active
• Adhere to MAA Directory)
New solution
best practices Products
• Oracle EBS in Slough and Amsterdam Data
• Exadata Cloud Service in OCI-C
• IaaS in OCI-C Centers
• Database Backup Service • Full DR (DB and App tiers)

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Online Travel Agency
Disaster Recovery in the Cloud- OCI

Goal: Scalable Cloud Solution for Disaster Recovery

Challenges Results/ Benefits

OCI VCN • Automated
• Patching Patching saves
Windows not on Labor Costs
Flexible IaaS Fast IaaS • Cloud Scale
• Security Connect Growth
Challenges On Premises Phoenix • Security by
Data Default helps to
• No scalable
Guard ExaCS X7 prevent data
solutions on Exadata X7
premises breaches
• Multiple Partners
and Vendors for
single solution
Products New solution
• Exadata Cloud Service in OCI • DR on the ExacS in the cloud
• IaaS in OCI • Mid-tiers on IaaS in OCI
• Fast Connect

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Exadata Cloud Service - Summary

You should now be able to

• Describe the features of Exadata Cloud Service
• Describe the aspects of service management in Exadata Cloud service
• Provision Exadata Cloud service

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