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Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer Service Description

Learn how you can leverage the combined capabilities of Oracle Exadata and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer

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For information related to the ADB-D service on Exadata Cloud@Customer please refer to Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer.

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Parent topic: Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer Overview

About Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer

Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer is one of the Database services offered on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Oracle offers both autonomous and co-managed Oracle Database cloud solutions. For more information, see Overview of the Database Service.

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For more information on technical architecture, see Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaC@C) Technical Architecture.

With Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer, you can maintain absolute control over your data while leveraging the combined capabilities of Oracle Exadata and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure managed by Oracle.

Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer enables you to apply the combined power of Oracle Exadata and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure inside your own data center. You have full access to the features and capabilities of Oracle Database along with the intelligent performance and scalability of Oracle Exadata, but with Oracle owning and managing the Exadata infrastructure. You can use the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure console and APIs to manage Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer just as with any other cloud resource, while maintaining absolute sovereignty over your data.

Each Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer system configuration contains Oracle Exadata Database Servers and Oracle Exadata Storage Servers that are interconnected using a high-speed, low-latency RDMA fabric network, and intelligent Oracle Exadata software.

Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer uses virtual machine (VM) technology to separate the customer-managed and Oracle-managed components on each database server. You have root privilege for the Oracle Exadata database server VMs, so you can manage the Oracle Database, Oracle Grid Infrastructure, and Oracle Exadata system software. However, you do not have administrative access to the physical database server hardware, which Oracle administers.

Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer uses Oracle Exadata Storage Servers for database storage. The storage is allocated to disk groups managed by Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM). You have full administrative access to the Oracle ASM disk groups, but Oracle administers the Oracle Exadata Storage Server hardware and software.

In addition to the database server hardware and Oracle Exadata Storage Servers, Oracle also manages other Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer infrastructure components, including the network switches, power distribution units (PDUs), and integrated lights-out management (ILOM) interfaces.

On each Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer system, you can create one or more databases. Apart from the inherent storage and processing capacity of your Oracle Exadata system, there is no set maximum for the number of databases that you can create.

Licensing Considerations for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer

Subscription to Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer can include all of the required Oracle Database software licenses, or you can choose to bring Oracle Database software licenses that you already own to Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer.

If you choose to include Oracle Database software licenses in your Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer subscription, then the included licenses contain all of the features of Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, plus all of the database enterprise management packs, and all of the Enterprise Edition options, such as Oracle Database In-Memory and Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC). Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer also comes with cloud-specific software tools that assist with administration tasks, such as backup, recovery, and patching.

Per-Second Billing for OCPU Usage

Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer Gen2 uses for OCPUs.

Per-second billing means that OCPU usage is billed by the second, with a minimum usage period of 1 minute.

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Oracle doesn't stop billing when a VM or VM Cluster is stopped. To stop billing for a VM Cluster, lower the OCPU count to zero.

Supported Database Edition and Versions

Learn about the versions of Oracle Database that Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer supports.

Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer supports the following Oracle Database software releases:

  • Oracle Database 23ai
  • Oracle Database 19c (19.x)
  • Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1) (requires a valid Upgrade Support contract).
  • Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2) (requires a valid Upgrade Support contract).
  • Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.4) (requires a valid Upgrade Support contract).

For Oracle Database release and software support timelines, see Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (Doc ID 742060.1) in the My Oracle Support portal.

System and Shape Configuration Options

Review the list of Exadata System Shapes

Parent topic: Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer Service Description

System Configuration Options for Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer

Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer is now shipping with the latest generation Exadata infrastructure, Exadata X11M.

Oracle Exadata X11M offers the following database server shapes:
  • Base: 120 ECPUs and 660 GB of memory
  • X11M (standard): 760 ECPUs and 1390 GB of memory
  • X11M-L (large): 760 ECPUs and 2090 GB of memory
  • X11M-XL (extra large): 760 ECPUs and 2800 GB of memory
Oracle Exadata X11M offers the following storage server shapes:
  • Base: 35.6 TB usable storage capacity
  • X11M-HC: 80 TB usable storage capacity

Start with 2 database and 3 storage servers, and independently add up to a total of 16 servers in the initial rack and up to a total of 32 database and 64 storage servers across multiple racks. Any database server (Base, X11M, X11M-L, or X11M-XL) can be combined with either Base or High Capacity (HC) storage servers. All database and storage servers in a system must be the same type.

Review the technical specifications of available Exadata System Shapes.

Oracle Exadata X11M System Model Specifications

Review the technical specifications of X11M system model.

Table 1-1 Oracle Exadata X11M System Model Specifications

Property Base System Example Quarter Rack Equivalent Example (min config)
Number of DB servers per System 2x Base 2x X11M, X11M-L, or X11M-XL
Number of Storage Servers per System 3x Base 3x High Capacity
Total Usable ECPUs per System 240 1520
Total Memory Available for VMs (GB) 1320
  • X11M: 2780
  • X11M-L: 4180
  • X11M-XL: 5600
Max Usable Local Storage Per DB Server (GB) 1084 2243
Max Usable File System Size Per VM (GB) 900 900
VM Image Size Minimum and Default (GB) 244 244
Max Number of VM Clusters per System 4 12
Maximum number of VMs per DB server 4 8
Total Flash Capacity (TB) 38.4 81.6
Total Usable Disk Storage Capacity (TB) 106 240

VM Image size minimum and default includes 60 GB for /u02.

A maximum of 12 VM Clusters can be created on a single system with 2 database servers and a maximum of 24 VM Clusters can be created on a system that contains greater than 2 DB servers. The maximum number of VM Clusters for systems containing Base database servers is 4 regardless of the number of database servers in the system.

For more information, see Estimating How Much Local Storage You Can Provision to Your VMs and Scaling Local Storage.

Oracle Exadata X10M System Model Specifications

Review the technical specifications of X10M system model.

Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer X10M is offered in the following Exadata X10M System Shapes:
  • X10M (standard): Starts with two standard memory (1390 GB) database servers and three Oracle Exadata storage servers.
  • X10M-L (large): Starts with two large memory (2090 GB) database servers and three Oracle Exadata storage servers.
  • X10M-XL (extra large): Starts with two extra large memory (2800 GB) database servers and three Oracle Exadata storage servers.

Independently add compute and/or storage servers to these shapes up to a total of 32 DB servers and 64 storage servers.

  • A single DB server contains 190 usable cores with a choice of X10M (1390 GB), X10M-L (2090 GB), or X10M-XL (2800 GB) memory.
  • A single storage server contains 80 TB of usable disk storage capacity.

Base System contains 2 base DB servers and 3 base storage servers. It can be expanded in a single rack up to a total of 16 servers.

  • A single base DB server contains 30 usable cores and 660 GB memory.
  • A single base storage server contains 35.6 TB of usable disk storage capacity.

Table 1-2 Oracle Exadata X10M System Model Specifications

Property Base System Quarter Rack X10M (min config)
Number of DB servers per System 2 2
Number of Storage Servers per System 3 3
Total Usable Cores in DB Servers per System 60 380
Total Memory Available for VMs (GB) 1320
  • X10M: 2780
  • X10M-L: 4180
  • X10M-XL: 5600
Max Usable Local Storage Per DB Server (GB) 1084 2243
Max Usable File System Size Per VM (GB) 900 900
VM Image Size Minimum and Default (GB) 244 244
Max Number of VM Clusters per System 4 12
Maximum number of VMs per DB server 4 8
Total Flash Capacity (TB) 38.4 81.6
Total Usable Disk Storage Capacity (TB) 106 240

VM Image size minimum and default includes 60 GB for /u02.

A maximum of 24 VM Clusters can be created on a single X10M system that contains greater than 2 DB servers. For more information, see Estimating How Much Local Storage You Can Provision On Your VMs and Scaling Local Storage.

Oracle Exadata X9M-2 System Model Specifications

Review the technical specifications of available Exadata System Shapes.

Oracle Exadata X9M-2 is available in Quarter, Half, and Full Rack shapes. Independently add compute and/or storage servers to these shapes up to a total of 32 DB servers and 64 storage servers.

  • A single DB server contains 62 usable cores and 1390 GB memory.
  • A single storage server contains 63.6 TB of usable disk storage capacity.

Base System contains 2 base DB servers and 3 base storage servers. It can be expanded in a single rack up to 8 base DB servers and 12 base storage servers.

  • A single base DB server contains 24 usable cores and 328 GB memory.
  • A single base storage server contains 24.8 TB of usable disk storage capacity.

Table 1-3 Oracle Exadata X9M-2 System Model Specifications

Property Base System Quarter Rack Half Rack Full Rack
Number of DB servers per System 2 2 4 8
Number of Storage Servers per System 3 3 6 12
Total Usable Cores in DB Servers per System 48 124 248 496
Total Memory Available for VMs (GB) 656 2780 5560 11120
Max Usable Local Storage Per DB Server (GB) 1077 2243 2243 2243
Max Usable File System Size Per VM (GB) 892 900 900 900
VM Image Size Minimum and Default (GB) 244 244 244 244
Max Number of VM Clusters per System 4 12 24 24
Max number of VMs per DB server 4 8 8 8
Total Flash Capacity (TB) 38.4 76.8 153.6 307.2
Total Usable Disk Storage Capacity (TB) 73 190 381 763

VM Image size minimum and default includes 60 GB for /u02.

For more information, see Estimating How Much Local Storage You Can Provision On Your VMs and Scaling Local Storage.

Oracle Exadata X8M-2 System Model Specifications

Review the technical specifications of available Exadata System Shapes.

Oracle Exadata X8M-2 is available in Quarter, Half, Full Rack shapes. They can be expanded in a single rack up to a total of 8 DB servers and 12 storage servers.

  • A single DB server contains 50 usable cores and 1390 GB of memory.
  • A single storage server contains 49.6 TB of usable disk storage capacity.

Base System contains 2 base DB servers and 3 base storage servers. It can be expanded in a single rack up to a total of 8 base DB servers and 12 base storage servers.

  • A single base DB server contains 24 usable cores and 328 GB of memory.
  • A single base storage server contains 24.6 TB of usable disk storage capacity.

Table 1-4 Oracle Exadata X8M-2 System Model Specifications

Property Base System Quarter Rack Half Rack Full Rack
Number of DB servers per System 2 2 4 8
Number of Storage Servers per System 3 3 6 12
Total Usable Cores in DB Servers per System 48 100 200 400
Total Memory Available for VMs (GB) 656 2780 5560 11120
Max Usable Local Storage Per DB Server (GB) 1237 2500 2500 2500
Max Usable File System Size Per VM (GB) 900 900 900 900
VM Image Size Minimum and Default (GB) 244 244 244 244
Max Number of VM Clusters per System 4 8 16 16
Max number of VMs per DB server 4 8 8 8
Total Flash Capacity (TB) 38.4 76.8 153.6 307.2
Total Usable Disk Storage Capacity (TB) 73 148 297 595

VM Image size minimum and default includes 60 GB for /u02.

For more information, see Estimating How Much Local Storage You Can Provision On Your VMs and Scaling Local Storage.

Oracle Exadata X8-2 System Model Specifications

Review the technical specifications of available Exadata System Shapes.

Table 1-5 Oracle Exadata X8-2 System Model Specifications

Property Base System Quarter Rack Half Rack Full Rack
Number of DB servers per System 2 2 4 8
Number of Storage Servers per System 3 3 6 12
Total Usable Cores in DB Servers per System 48 100 200 400
Total Memory Available for VMs (GB) 720 1440 2880 5760
Max Usable Local Storage Per DB Server (GB) 1237 1037 1037 1037
Max Usable File System Size Per VM (GB) 1100 900 900 900
VM Image Size Minimum and Default (GB) 244 244 244 244
Total Number of VM Clusters per System 5 5 10 10
Maximum Number of VMs per DB server 5 5 5 5
Total Flash Capacity (TB) 38.4 76.8 153.6 307.2
Total Usable Disk Storage Capacity (TB) 73 148 297 595

VM Image size minimum and default includes 60 GB for /u02.

For more information, see Estimating How Much Local Storage You Can Provision On Your VMs and Scaling Local Storage.

Oracle Exadata X7-2 System Model Specifications

Review the technical specifications of available Exadata System Shapes.

Table 1-6 Oracle Exadata X7-2 System Model Specifications

Property Base System Quarter Rack Half Rack Full Rack
Number of DB servers per System 2 2 4 8
Number of Storage Servers per System 3 3 6 12
Total Usable Cores in DB Servers per System 44 92 184 368
Total Memory Available for VMs (GB) 480 1440 2880 5760
Max Usable Local Storage Per DB Server (GB) 1237 1237 1237 1237
Max Usable File System Size Per VM (GB) 1100 1100 1100 1100
VM Image Size Minimum and Default (GB) 244 244 244 244
Total Number of VM Clusters per System 6 6 12 12
Maximum Number of VMs per DB server 6 6 6 6
Total Flash Capacity (TB) 19.2 76.8 153.6 307.2
Total Usable Disk Storage Capacity (TB) 42 105 211 423

VM Image size minimum and default includes 60 GB for /u02.

For more information, see Estimating How Much Local Storage You Can Provision On Your VMs and Scaling Local Storage.

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