B2 whats new with oracle exalogic worlds best foundation for applications

What’s New with Oracle
Exalogic: World’s Best
Foundation for Applications
Leo Wong
Director, Exalogic Solutions, OFM AP
Date: 15th Nov 2013

The following is intended to outline our general
product direction. It is intended
for information purposes only, and may not be
incorporated into any contract.
It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code,
or functionality, and should not be relied upon in
making purchasing decisions. The development,
release, and timing of any features or functionality
described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole
discretion of Oracle.
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Copyright © 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

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Today’s Realities...
Accelerating
Customer Expectations

Accelerating
Business Complexity

Instantly
Available Services

Explosion of Data
Volume and Types

Unpredictability
and Rapid Change

Wherever
They Are

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Accelerating
Information Growth

Transaction
Overload

Ecosystem
Interdependency



WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO
DELIVER APPLICATIONS
SUCCESSFULLY?

Ease Of Deployment
Runtime Excellence
Integrated Management

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2013,

At Low Cost
Built On Open Standards


A New Era: Oracle Engineered Systems
Hardware and software engineered to work together

Before

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Now


Engineered and Tested at Every Level
Complete Solutions Addressing a Broad Range of Customer Needs

Integration
inside each layer
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Integration
between layers

Integration
with other systems


Engineered Vs. Build It Yourself
Engineered
Systems

Status Quo
Applications & Middleware

OS
Virtualization &
Cloud Management
Compute

Networking

Storage Layer

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Integrated Systems Trend Is Catching On

“By year-end 2015, integrated systems will account
for

35%

of total server shipment value.”

Gartner Symposium/IT Expo presentation, “Is the Concept of the
Server Obsolete – or in Need of Redefining?”, November 2012

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Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud
The Most compelling Platform for Oracle Applications and Middleware
Performance

Integrated Management

 Lowest response time

 Application-to-disk

 Highest throughput

management
 Integrated lifecycle

Lower Risk

Innovation

 Engineered System
 Platinum Support

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 In-Memory Modules for Oracle

Applications
 Performance optimizations



Exalogic X3-2 Hardware Specs
Compute Power
 2 socket, 8-core, 2.9 GHz Intel Xeon processors
 256 GB of 1600MHz DRAM
 480 cores in a Full Rack; also available in

1/2,1/4,1/8 or multi-rack configurations
 Redundant SSD, power, cooling, InfiniBand

Internal I/O Fabric and Data Center Connectivity
 40 Gb/sec internal I/O backplane
 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to datacenter

Integrated Storage




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Enterprise-class, integrated Network Attached Storage
ZFS Clustered for high availability
60 TB SAS disk, 4 TB read cache, 292 GB write cache
Clones, snapshots, remote replication



Exalogic X3-2 I Linear Scalability
Easily connect up to
racks of any size
using built-in
expansion ports
Exalogic X3-2

Eighth Rack

Quarter Rack

Half Rack

Full Rack

Compute Nodes

04

08

16

30

Processor Cores

64

128

256

480

1024 GB

2048 GB

4096 GB

7680 GB

60 TB

60 TB

60 TB

60 TB

Memory

Integrated Disk Storage

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Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software
Java, Middleware and Business Applications
WebLogic

Coherence

Tuxedo

Traffic
Director

Exalogic
Optimizations

Exalogic
Optimizations

Exalogic
Optimizations

Exabus
Integration

Oracle Linux Guest OS

Physical Oracle Linux/Solaris

Oracle VM 3.2.1 for Exalogic
Exabus
Exalogic X3-2

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Oracle
Virtual
Assembly
Builder

= Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software


Enterprise Manager
Exalogic Control

Exalogic Optimizations

Top 10 Optimizations
#6 In-Memory Data Grid

#1 Engineered System
Designed, optimized for app tier and preintegrated to reduce the cost and complexity
of IT infrastructures

#2 Application Delivery Controller
Built-in Traffic Routing and Shaping
leveraging Exabus RDMA, with SSL Offload

Optimized IO virtualization delivering nearphysical performance and throughput

Optimized network virtualization

#5 Application Server
Exabus Infiniband RDMA for optimized
Interprocess communication for fast I/O

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#7 SOA
Increased use of in-memory Data Grid to
accelerate data retrieval and remove
database from critical code path

#8 TP Monitor

#3 SR-IOV

#4 JVM

Optimized grid communication with Exabus
RDMA & optimized local writes with Elastic
Data using built-in SSDs

Optimized C/C++ runtime & Tuxedo
messaging infrastructure leveraging Exabus
RDMA

#9 In-Memory App Modules
Optimized business critical applications &
workflows leveraging DRAM and Flash
memories to run 20X faster

#10 App Lifecycle
Simplified application lifecycle through factory
supplied VM templates and assemblies


Oracle Exabus
Optimized Network Virtualization
Standard Hardware I/O
Exabus
Application

Application

Application Buffer

Application Buffer

TCP IP Transport
TCP IP Transport

Zero Buffer Copy
Direct Memory Access
Kernel Bypass
Kernel

4x 6x

20% Buffer Copies
40% Transport Processing
THROUGHPUT Context Switches
LOWER LATENCY
40 % Kernel

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Why Do Oracle Apps Run Faster on Exalogic?
WebLogic Optimizations for Applications web & app
 tier. More apps now on WLS 10.3.4+
Native Infiniband integration with Exadata for I/O and
 Database intensive components

 Oracle Traffic Director keeps traffic on Infiniband
OVM with SR-IOV on Infiniband delivers near bare
 metal performance

 JVM optimizations for all java components
Tuxedo on SDP for PeopleSoft and Jolt over SDP
 boosts performance
InMemory Apps Modules built specifically for Exalogic
 and Exadata (for several Apps)

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0.39 s

Extreme Performance:
Oracle Fusion Middleware on Exalogic
WEBLOGIC SERVER
VS. OSS

WEBLOGIC SERVER
VS. COMMERCIAL

9.4X

24X

OSS JEE
Container

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WebLogic
Server /
Exalogic
Bare Metal

COTS VIRTUAL VS.
EXALOGIC VIRTUAL

Commercial
JEE
Container


WebLogic
Server /
Exalogic
Bare Metal

SOA SUITE ON COTS
VS. EXALOGIC

17X

26X

OSS JEE
Container /
COTS
Virtual

WebLogic
Server /
Exalogic
Virtual


SOA Suite
COTS

SOA Suite /
Exalogic
Bare Metal

Accelerate Deployment on Exalogic
Pre-configured Oracle VM Templates Ready to Install in Minutes
Traditional Installation Process
Install
Oracle
Application

Install hardware
& prerequisites

Apply Patches
& Updates

Build & Deploy
Full Package

Days

Oracle VM Templates

Oracle VM
Template

Oracle VM
Template

Download Customize

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Oracle VM
Template

Deployment Time Saved

Deploy



System Test &
Validation

Exalogic OVM Templates Available Now
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JD Edwards – Applications 9.1 with Tools 9.1.2.1 (JDE demo DB template)

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Siebel 8.1.1.8 and 8.2.2 (sample Siebel DB part of template)

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Agile PLM 9.3.1.2

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Value Chain Planning 12.1.3.8

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PeopleSoft with PeopleTools 8.52.10, 8.53.03 (only middle-tier. DB to be provisioned
separately)

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OTN Page

E-Business Suite 12.1.3 mid tier. Also available separate DB template with sample Vision EBS
DB. EBS 12.2 being tested (available for release on R12.2 GA)

Demantra and other applications are under development

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/vm/overview/exalogic-templates-1897402.html



What’s New in Exalogic 2.0.6 (September 2013)
 Exabus 1.1 for better performance and reliability

Faster

 OVM 3.2.1 for better performance and significantly improved

stability
 OVAB for faster application deployment
 Reduced Control Stack Footprint from 5 to 3 for increased reliability

Easier

 Enhanced Exalogic lifecycle tools for simplified lifecycle
 Enhanced ECU with more automation and better install experience

 Hybrid rack support – Mixed Virtual and Physical on Same Rack

More Flexible

 Deployment of production & dev/test; migration from physical to

virtual

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Performance-Oriented Support for Oracle
Engineered Systems
ORACLE PLATINUM SERVICES
No Additional Cost

 Proactive approach to

maximizing system
health and availability

 Patching performed by Oracle engineers
 24/7 proactive remote fault monitoring

 Critical issue prevention

and faster resolution

 Higher support levels for Oracle stack
 Faster response times

 Reduced operational

Available now for certified configurations on Oracle
Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic
Cloud and Oracle SuperCluster

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cost and IT staff
workload

Customer Story: Yarra Valley Water
Analyzing Complex Information

 Based in Melbourne, Australia
 Exadata & Exalogic used for

new Customer Care & Billing
system
 Meter and billing data can be
read & processed on time
 Result: lower IT costs & new
level of customer service

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Customer Story: Cognizant
Creating New Business Processes & Solutions

 Leading IT provider with 150,400

employees
 Deployed PeopleSoft on
Exalogic for scalability
 Improved existing processes,
e.g. filling time sheets
 Enabled new processes, e.g.
customer evaluations

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