Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Cloud Infrastructure - A Quick Overview

Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Cloud Infrastructure - A Quick Overview.

Here is a very good blog post by Maria Colgan Master Product Manager at Oracle Product Management summarizing this offering by Oracle. Here is a quick recap on this topic.

• You can get your very own Private Database Cloud on Exadata infrastructure in the Oracle Public Cloud. Now thats kinda cool.
• You get two choices with Oracle Autonomous Database: Dedicated or Serverless.
• With Autonomous Database, Oracle takes care of stuff for you: Autonomous Database Serverless automates database management/maintenance with all common management features provided by Oracle such as Configuration, Monitoring, Provisioning, Backups, Performance Tuning etc.
• Dedicated Exadata Cloud Infrastructure in the Oracle Public Cloud enables total isolation from other tenants and requirements customization according to organization's specific footprint/needs.
• Patching Schedules can be customized/scheduled according the organization's specific requirements.
• Autonomous Container Databases are easy to provision, configure and setup.
• The system can be partitioned into a customizable number of clusters or container DBs (CDBs).
• Operational Policies can be customized e.g. Density, Patching/Updated Schedules, High Availability etc.
• Summary
• You can now get your very own Private Database Cloud on Exadata infrastructure in the Oracle Public Cloud with control over operational policies such as patching, versions, density, high availability etc.
• With Serverless, you can quickly and rapidly build applications against without worrying about operational details such as patching, versions etc.

This video by Juan Loaiza gives a good recap on this topic.

I hope you got a quick overview of Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Cloud Infrastructure.

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Exadata Database Machine X8: The Foundation for Cloud & Autonomous Databases: A Primer

Here is a very beneficial blog post on this topic.

Quick Recap - Oracle has introduced the following Hardware and Software with its next generation of Exadata Family:

• Exadata X8-2 & X8-8 Database Server Overview.
• Exadata X8-2 Intelligent Storage Server High Capacity (HC).
• Exadata X8-2 Intelligent Storage Server Extreme Flash (EF).
• Exadata X8-2 Storage Server Extended (XT).
• Flexibility & Elasticity: License Cores as Workloads require them.
• Exadata continues to lead in overall Database Performance.

Enjoy the next generation of Exadata with X8.

Cheers.