CHAPTER 5
Sizing Exadata
Prior to making an Exadata investment and periodically after the investment, especially in cases where databases are consolidated on Exadata, it is vital to perform a proper capacity-planning exercise. In our opinion, capacity planning for Oracle databases and Oracle workloads should include the following analysis:
- Processor requirements planning
- Oracle database server memory and SGA planning
- Network planning
- Disk IOPs planning
- Disk data bandwidth
- Storage capacity planning
- Storage capacity organic growth planning
- Oracle ASM disk group redundancy planning
- Disaster recovery planning
- Backup planning
- Fast Recovery Area sizing ...
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