Only Oracle support and consultants can install, configure, modify an Exadata/DB Machine software platform. So why learn something when you cannot ever touch it...? Probably that is wgar Mat means Thanks On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Scott Heisey <oraracdba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Matt, Just out of curiosity, what makes exadata proprietary? The version > of Oracle on exdata is not special and neither is linux. You are stuck with > HP or SUN as the vendor infiniband for the network and there is specific HBA > that is used. > > > > I wouldn’t call exdata any more proprietary than IBM HW. However exadata is > a HW solution for a particular application like DWH. > > > > Scott > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Matthew Zito > *Sent:* Saturday, January 23, 2010 1:19 PM > *To:* robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx; verma.labs@xxxxxxxxx; Oracle-L Freelists > *Subject:* RE: Oracle RAC Server Conf. > > > > > > Personally, I'd say skip the Exadata platform - why lock yourself into a > proprietary architecture? Buy 100 2 x 4-core processor servers with 48GB of > RAM each. That should give you a really good sense of whether your > application will scale in RAC environments. Of course, to make sure I/O > doesn't become a bottleneck, I'd recommend a 2000-disk EMC VMAX with a mix > of flash and fibre channel drives. Each one of the servers should have at > least 4 4-Gb/sec links into the SAN. > > This is just for the development environment, of course. > > Or, the OP could just google "oracle rac test environment" and see the > options presented. For me, the third one is "Build Your Own Oracle RAC > Cluster on Oracle Enterprise Linux and iSCSI", which definitely won't be as > fast as our solutions, but is almost certainly cheaper. Or, the sixth > option down the page is a presention by the always-popular Dan Norris on > building a RAC environment with VMware. > > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Robert Freeman > Sent: Sat 1/23/2010 11:52 AM > To: verma.labs@xxxxxxxxx; Oracle-L Freelists > Subject: Re: Oracle RAC Server Conf. > > I'd buy 2 Oracle Exadata 2 servers with about 10tb of storage. You can do > lots of testing there!! > OH! You say that does not meet your budgetary requirements? Did you mention > what your needs or requirements were? > > RF > > > Robert G. Freeman > Oracle ACE > Ask me about on-site Oracle Training! RMAN, DBA, Tuning, you name it! > Author: > Oracle Database 11g RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) - ON ITS WAY > SOON! > OCP: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide > (Sybex) > Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) > Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) > Other various titles > Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com > Check out my new blog series on installing Oracle Database 11gR2 on Windows > using VMWare! > > > ________________________________ > > From: AMIT VERMA <verma.labs@xxxxxxxxx> > To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sat, January 23, 2010 7:49:17 AM > Subject: Oracle RAC Server Conf. > > > hi, > > i would like to test oracle rac 10g & 11g. please advise me what os, vm & > hardware should i use.. > > thanks in advance > amit v > > -- > Amit Verma > v.amit84@xxxxxxxxx > > > "Winning takes talent but it takes character to keep winning" > >