Oracle Exalogic: A Brief Introduction

Oracle Exalogic
A brief introduction
Ngole Hartnell Ngole

Oracle product manager
SCI Africa Ltd
13 Feb 2019
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Program Agenda
1 Oracle’s Approach to Today’s Business Problems
2 Introducing Oracle Exalogic
3 Solving Business Problems with Oracle Exalogic
4 Case Studies
5 Next Steps
1 Oracle’s Approach to Today’s Business Problems
Today’s Business Challenges
IT departments will be bypassed if they can’t keep up with business
Business is holding IT accountable like

never before
Time-to- Cost
Market
Time to market, cost, performance,
and flexibility matter to business
Business increasingly undertakes IT

Flexibility Performance initiatives on its own because IT can’t deliver
Approaches to Building IT Systems
Custom / Stand-Alone | Single Farm Standardization | Subdivision Today – Future | Consolidation Hotel
• Self-contained • Individual • Common utilities • Similar • Pre-defined unit • Identical

• Hand-crafted • Do it yourself • Zoned and • Basic amenities • Ready-to-use • Full amenities
• $$$ ,  developed • $$ ,  • $,
Custom Built, Basic Virtualization Public Private

Non-Virtualized Management Cloud Cloud
What Should a Hyper-Converged System Have?
Performance, scalability, flexibility, and reduced time-to-market
Self Service Elasticity

Instant access for Scaling up / down as
end-users w / metering workload changes
Fast Performance High Availability

Industry leading Reliability through
performance and scalability redundancy
App-to-Disk Mgmt Security

Single pane of glass for Multitenant data and
H / W and S / W resource isolation
Engineered Systems are Building Blocks for Private Cloud
Industry Approach Oracle Approach
Applications &
Middleware
OS
Virtualization &
Cloud Management
Compute
Networking
Storage Layer
Cobbling together these components Same stack

costs time and money Every time
Pick the Oracle Engineered System that Suits Your Workload
Varied systems for varied workloads
Exadata Exalogic Private

Big Data Database
Database Elastic Exalytics SuperCluster Compute
Appliance Appliance
Machine Cloud Appliance
RDBMS storage Extreme Huge amount Massive disk SPARC servers, General purpose Two node RAC
compression performance of contiguous storage array with high-performance use for a wide cluster in a box
and database of middleware memory for high-bandwidth I / O and Exadata range of with WebLogic
parallelization and apps large data sets I / O for loading storage servers in applications in optionally
‘big’ data one rack virtual machines available
2 Introducing Oracle Exalogic
What is Exalogic?
Hardware and software working together
Middleware and Business Applications
WebLogic Coherence Tuxedo Traffic

Director
Enterprise Integration
Exalogic
+
Exabus Exabus Exabus Exabus Control
Integration Integration Integration Integration
Oracle Linux Guest OS

Physical Oracle Linux
Oracle VM for Exalogic
Exabus Optimizations
Exalogic X6-2 Hardware

= Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software
• Commodity hardware, tuned specifically for middle-tier workloads

• System software focused on performance, reliability, scalability
• Pre-tuned components designed to optimize applications and fusion middleware
• Enterprise-class proactive support and services
Tried | Tested | Proven | Rock Solid

Exalogic Hardware Overview
Built on open standards
I/O Fabric Compute

• NM2-GW InfiniBand Gateway Switches • 2 socket, 44-core, 2.1 GHz Intel
- (32) QDR InfiniBand ports Broadwell processors
- (8) 10GbE ports for datacenter connectivity • 256 GB of 1600MHz DRAM –
• 40 Gb / sec internal I / O backplane expandable to 768 GB
• (2) 400 GB SSDs
• Dual-port QDR InfiniBand HCA
Storage
• Enterprise-class, ZFS-based network
attached storage
• 160 TB (raw) SAS disk, 6.4 TB read
cache, 800 GB write cache
• Clones, snapshots, remote replication
Exalogic Hardware Evolution
Steady updates to a stable platform…
X2-2 X3-2 X4-2 X5-2 X6-2
2010 2013 2014 2015 2017
Compute
CPU Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon® Intel® Xeon®
Type Westmere EP Sandy Bridge EP Ivy Bridge EP Haswell EP Broadwell EP
#Cores 2 x 6 core 2 x 8 core 2 x 12 core 2 x 18 core 2 x 22 core
Memory 96GB RAM 256GB RAM 256GB RAM 256GB RAM 256GB RAM
Integrated Storage
Storage Type ZFS 7320 ZFS 7320 ZS3-ES ZS3-ES ZS5-ES
Storage Disk Array (Raw) 40TB 60TB 80TB 80TB 160TB
Storage System RAM 48GB 192GB 512GB 512GB 768GB
Storage Write Cache(Flash) 72GB 288GB 288GB 800GB 800GB
Network
Internal I / O Fabric 40 Gb / sec Infiniband
Data Center Connectivity 10 Gb / sec Ethernet
Exalogic Systems are Expandable
From an eighth rack to full and beyond
Eighth Rack Quarter Rack Half Rack Full Rack Multi-Rack

4 Nodes 8 Nodes 16 Nodes 30 Nodes 60+ Nodes
176 Cores 352 Cores 704 Cores 1320 Cores 2640+ Cores
1 TB RAM 2 TB RAM 4 TB RAM 7.5 TB RAM 15+ TB RAM
160 TB Storage 160 TB Storage 160 TB Storage 160 TB Storage 320+ TB Storage
Exalogic Solves Your Business Problems
Supported Fast time-to-market
ORACLE
Certified RUNS Lower costs
BEST
ON
EXALOGIC
Benchmarked Improve performance
Optimized
Increase flexibility
Oracle is a Leader in Integrated Systems
Recent Gartner report says that…
• Oracle is a LEADER in Integrated systems, and cites Exalogic CHALLENGERS LEADERS
as able to optimize Java Workloads

• Engineered Systems are an IDEAL place to run Oracle software,
especially when 3rd party systems do not deliver results HPE
EMC
• Oracle earns high scores in key evaluation criteria: Execution, Cisco
Oracle Nutanix
Fujitsu
Customer experience, viability, market understanding, NetApp
strategy, and innovation Hitachi
“
Teradata SimpliVity
Huawei
Lenovo Scale Dell
Computing
Riverbed
Oracle's Engineered Systems appeal both to on-premises and Atlantis Computing
Pivot3
providers' data centers that want to modernize infrastructure, Atos
and to lines of business that want to implement a complete SGI
hardware / software solution that is capable of being managed
ABILITY TO EXECUTE
by application software administrators.”
- Gartner Report, October 2016
Source: https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-3JQ1XTX&ct=161011&st=sb NICHE PLAYERS VISIONARIES
COMPLETENESS OF VISION AS OF OCTOBER 2016
Engineered Systems vs. the Competition
CATEGORY VENDORS DIFFERENTIATION
Hardware, software and
services + Engineered
Engineered systems Systems-only innovations
Vertically integrated hardware +

software, with some
Integrated stacks / platforms complementary services
Value
Pre-assembled hardware with
limited software integration and
Integrated infrastructure some complementary services
Build hardware and software stack

independently. No integration,
Commodity + VMware enormous amount of labor
Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software (EECS)
Software from firmware up to operating system
Firmware for each physical device; tested with other

engineered systems
Optimized hypervisor with efficient network pass-through
Guest templates with Infiniband drivers
Tools focused around reusability, efficient

lifecycle operations
Most ISV Applications are Supported on Exalogic
Oracle ExaStack program
UPDATE ME
for 2017
Ready to Run Tested and Case Study
“
on Oracle Runs Best on
Exalogic Oracle Exalogic Working closely with Oracle and just
2 weeks of testing with Oracle Exadata
ISVs have certified their ISVs have tested and and Oracle Exalogic, we were able to
applications to run optimized specifically attain 2.8x the previous performance
throughput measures of our Financial
on Exalogic for Exalogic
Crime Detection software with a minimal
amount of tuning”
– Kilian Colleran
CTO,BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
432 apps 50 apps
VALUE
3 Solving Business Problems with Oracle Exalogic
Exalogic – Key Value Propositions
Exalogic is a solution, comprised of hardware, software and services
Time-to-Market Cost Performance Flexibility

• Installed and • Reduced TCO through • Improved performance • Quick provisioning
configured in days, software and services by reducing I / O = increased agility
not weeks lifecycle bottlenecks and productivity
• Vertically integrated • Reduced hardware • Apps and FMW • Able to run any
hardware and needed due to greater enhancements have workload compatible
software reduces performance and positive user impact with x64 Linux
deployment time throughput • Reduction of load on • Best place for app
• Provision quickly • License containment customer network tier for most Oracle
scripting and MW / applications
reusable assets
Exalogic App & FMW Enhancements E-Business Suite
Order-to-Cash
WebLogic
12.1.2
Technical explanation for performance improvement Response Time Web Req / Sec
2.23s 193k
3X 9X
Weblogic optimizations for applications web & app tier
Native InfiniBand integration with Exadata for I / O and

database intensive components 0.74s
20k
Oracle traffic director keeps traffic on InfiniBand Exalogic COTS COTS Exalogic
OVM with SR-IOV on InfiniBand delivers near bare SOA 12c Coherence
metal performance Complex Transaction 12.1.2
Transaction / Sec Transaction / Sec
JVM optimizations for all java components 308k
122
17X 6X
Tuxedo on InfiniBand for extremely low latency and
high throughput
In-memory apps modules for PSFT, JDE and Siebel built
specifically for Exalogic and Exadata 60k
8
COTS Exalogic COTS Exalogic
Easy Data Center Connectivity
InfiniBand inside Exalogic and between engineered systems, Ethernet outside
10 GbE
Data Center
Service Network
Standard TOR / EOR

InfiniBand
10GbE Switches
1 GbE
Data Center
Management Network
Exalogic Other Oracle Engineered Systems
Exalogic Lifecycle Support
Software + services
System Lifecycle Software Complementary Services
Exachck Premier Support

1 1
Verifies system configuration 24/7 support, 2-hour onsite response to hardware issues,
"Phone home" automated service requests (ASR), My Oracle
Support proactive support portal
Exapatch / Exalog
2
Automates patching
Gathers logs, diagnostics, config and other data Platinum Services
2
Oracle Engineers perform patching and updates, higher SLAs
Exalogic Kinetic Infrastructure Tools (EKIT) (5 min fault notification, 15 min escalation to development,
3 30 min joint debugging with development)
Scripting library for creating reusable assets and
for migration and disaster recovery
Excelerator
ExaBr 3
4 Oracle builds customized initial environments for Oracle
Automates backup and recovery of entire system Commerce, EBS, PeopleSoft
4 Case Studies
Transforming Banking
Experience for Millions
of Customers
4X Overnight
faster transition
transactions to Exalogic
Streamlined
vendor support
Improved Education
Services for Teachers
and Students
Cut annual IT
80% costs by CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE
reduction in data
center space 60% By building a private cloud platform with Oracle Engineered
Systems and Oracle WebLogic Suite, we can rapidly provide
educational services to over 100,000 concurrent users via 175
portals and 1,500 virtual desktops. The solutions also helped us
cut maintenance tasks by 80% and lower costs by 60%.
Support
100,000 Wu Ping, Director-General

Sanya Education Bureau
concurrent users
Improved Production
Management Efficiency
with Engineered Systems
Cut ownership
Triple
year over year sales
costs by
20%
CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE
By deploying Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 on
Oracle Exadata and Oracle Exalogic, we were confident
that the integrated platform could support our rapid
growth. Oracle E-Business Suite’s powerful financial and
manufacturing management modules also helped to
ensure production efficiency.
Cut
inventory costs
Zhu Qiongpeng, CIO, Jiangxi Isuzu Motors Co., Ltd.
Secure Data Transparency
for 1 Mill Refugees per Year
Secure 33%
reduction in
CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE
refugee information registration To-date I haven’t experienced a single project that can be
processing time compared even remotely with ASYL online in terms of its
importance, complexity, or implementation schedule. The
professionalism and phenomenal dedication of BAMF and
Oracle enabled successful realization within an extremely
short period of time.
40 days
to project completion
Dr. Markus Richter, Head of Infrastructure and
IT Department, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
4 Next Steps
Recommended Next Steps
I am interested in Oracle Exalogic, how do I learn more?
EXPLORE ENGAGE
• Read the collateral on • A business assessment

Oracle.com / exalogic of how Oracle Exalogic
• Meet with account team could enhance
to discuss how Exalogic your business
can address business and • Meet with our technical • An architecture
middleware challenges team to get a better assessment to determine
understanding of the precisely how you could
Exalogic solution leverage Oracle Exalogic
in your current IT
environment
EDUCATE
Next Steps
EXPLORE
Meet with your Oracle account team to discuss how Exalogic can address your business
application and middleware challenges
EDUCATE
Meet with our technical team to get a better understanding of the Exalogic solution
ENGAGE
• A business assessment of how Oracle Exalogic could enhance your business
• An architecture assessment to determine precisely how you could leverage Oracle Exalogic
in your current IT environment
• A joint execution plan, roadmap, and action items for the highest priority opportunities
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2 Introducing Oracle Exalogic

3 Solving Business Problems with Oracle Exalogic

Business is holding IT accountable like

Business increasingly undertakes IT

• Self-contained • Individual • Common utilities • Similar • Pre-defined unit • Identical

Custom Built, Basic Virtualization Public Private

Self Service Elasticity

Fast Performance High Availability

App-to-Disk Mgmt Security

Cobbling together these components Same stack

Exadata Exalogic Private

WebLogic Coherence Tuxedo Traffic

Oracle Linux Guest OS

Exalogic X6-2 Hardware

• Commodity hardware, tuned specifically for middle-tier workloads

Tried | Tested | Proven | Rock Solid

I/O Fabric Compute

Eighth Rack Quarter Rack Half Rack Full Rack Multi-Rack

Supported Fast time-to-market

as able to optimize Java Workloads

providers' data centers that want to modernize infrastructure, Atos

and to lines of business that want to implement a complete SGI

hardware / software solution that is capable of being managed

Vertically integrated hardware +

Build hardware and software stack

Firmware for each physical device; tested with other

Optimized hypervisor with efficient network pass-through

Guest templates with Infiniband drivers

Tools focused around reusability, efficient

Ready to Run Tested and Case Study

432 apps 50 apps

Time-to-Market Cost Performance Flexibility

Native InfiniBand integration with Exadata for I / O and

Standard TOR / EOR

System Lifecycle Software Complementary Services

Exachck Premier Support

100,000 Wu Ping, Director-General

• Read the collateral on • A business assessment

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