[Dec. 30, 2010 Update: Added link to Note 1133355.1] Our Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) team has quietly been amassing a formidable set of whitepapers about the Oracle Exadata Database Machine. They’re available here:
If you’re one of the lucky ones with access to this hardware platform, you’ll be pleased to hear that the MAA team has just published a new whitepaper with best practices for EBS environments:
Getting to Exadata — a high level overview of fresh installation on, and migration to, Exadata Database Machine with pointers to more detailed documentation
High Availability and Disaster Recovery — an overview of our MAA best practices with pointers to our detailed MAA Best Practices documentation
Performance and Scalability — best practices for running Oracle E-Business Suite on Exadata Database Machine based on our internal testing
As an added bonus, the whitepaper has details about the internal testbeds where this configuration was evaluated with Oracle’s own 18 TB Global Single Instance. The whitepaper’s Appendix discusses Exada Smart Flash Cache results, Smart Scan, RAC, and RMAN backup performance. Need an Overview of Migration Options? Also useful: A summary of the different technologies and techniques that you can use to migrate your E-Business Suite database to Exadata can be found here:
That overview Note provides a short but precise analysis of physical migration techniques (e.g. Data Guard Physical Standby, Transportable Database, Transportable Tablespaces, Rapid Clone) vs. logical migration techniques (e.g. Oracle Data Pump). Related Articles
Steven Chan was a Senior Director in the Oracle Applications Technology Group. He managed EBS technology stack certifications, ATG product management, ATG documentation and curriculum, and ATG Quality Assurance in the E-Business Suite Development division.
Steven joined Oracle in 1998. Steven retired from Oracle in 2019. Prior to joining Oracle, he held positions with IBM, Deloitte & Touche Consulting, and other software companies.
Steven is an Oracle ACE and a three-time recipient of the Oracle Applications User Group 'Ambassador of the Year' Award (2007, 2009, 2010). Steven received the Oracle Applications User Group Lifetime Service Award in 2011.
