Thank You for Idea and concerned. That's a great idea Flash Disk on Exadata.. Best Regards, Surachart Opun Oracle ACE, Contributor (Oracle User Group in Thailand) http://surachartopun.com skye: surachart_op On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Flash disks for WRITE operations are actually not that fast. I don't have > the performance numbers here, but you really don't buy anything in terms of > write performance with flash disks. So I would not recommend them for a disk > group that will contain, say, online redo logs. > > Also, with the Flash on Exadata keep in mind that it's a write through > flash. Thus, the data cached in Flash is not based on what is written to the > disks or read from them, but rather there is an algorithm that Oracle uses > to determine what is put in flash and what is not. For example, large table > scan blocks or large table loads are NOT going to to populate the flash > cache, whereas frequently used blocks will. This makes the flash disks very > much one of the key ingredients for the OLTP performance that we get on > Exadata. > > Cheers! > > Robert G. Freeman > Master Principal Consultant, Oracle Corporation, Oracle ACE > Author of various books on RMAN, New Features and this shorter signature > line. > Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Surachart Opun <surachart@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* "Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Sat, March 19, 2011 2:34:48 AM > *Subject:* [Exadata] How do you use FlashDisk ? > > On Exadata, You will have flashdisks. Idea to use them: > A. Make them for Exadata Smart Flashcache > B. Use them for Grid Disk for ASM Disk Group, and store some database > files. > C. Use both A and B in Database System > > I just curious, What should I concern, if use Flash Disks to be Grid Disks. > What is you idea to use Flashdisk? However, Database System supports both > OLTP and DSS. > > Thank You > Surachart Opun > Oracle ACE, Contributor (Oracle User Group in Thailand) > http://surachartopun.com > skye: surachart_op > > >