The high compression ratios provided by Hybrid Columnar Compression mean that customers can store up to 12 petabytes of data in a single rack, dramatically reducing the storage footprint and associated energy costs. Simplified Management and Scalability

PMEM sits in front of the traditional Flash memory tier.

Source: Oracle Exadata Storage Expansion Rack X8-2 Environmental Specifications

The Exadata X8-2 can be deployed in multiple ways:

Optimised for cold data storage, achieving up to 50x compression ratios for historical data backups. Deployment Options: Elastic Scaling and Flexibility

| Category | Specification | |----------|---------------| | | 2× Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 (24-core, 2.4 GHz, 165 W) | | Database Server Memory | 384 GB base, up to 768 GB | | Storage Server CPU (EF/HC) | 2× Intel Xeon Gold 5218 (16-core, 2.3 GHz, 125 W) | | Storage Server CPU (XT) | 1× Intel Xeon 12-core (2.3 GHz, 125 W) | | Full Rack Database Cores | Up to 912 cores | | Full Rack Memory | Up to 28.5 TB | | Full Rack Disk Capacity | Up to 3.0 PB raw | | Full Rack Flash Capacity | Up to 920 TB raw | | Internal Network | QDR InfiniBand (40 Gb/s) | | I/O Bandwidth | Up to 350 GB/s per rack | | Maximum IOPS (Read) | 4.8 million per rack | | Maximum IOPS (Write) | 4.3 million per rack | | Rack Configurations | Eighth, Quarter, Half, Full | | Software Requirement | Exadata System Software 19.2.0 or later |

HCC allows enterprises to dramatically compress data stores, typically achieving a 10x to 15x reduction for data warehouses and archiving workloads. Instead of organizing data strictly by rows or columns, HCC utilizes a hybrid approach within database blocks. This maximizes compression ratios while maintaining high query performance, directly lowering storage acquisition costs. Smart Flash Cache and Log Write Acceleration