Measuring Performance
David Fitzjarrell, Mary Mikell Spence · Apress eBooks · 2013
Exadata is a huge leap forward, with respect to its architecture. Unlike traditional commodity hardware configurations, Exadata provides a matched set of hardware and software. However, it is running the same Oracle 11.2.0.3 you can install on any non-Exadata platform. Thus, the same basic performance rules apply; the difference is the additional functionality of Smart Scans, the Smart Flash Cache, and offloading, to name a few. Because the purpose of this book is to make you familiar with, and work knowledgeably on, Exadata, it is the Exadata-specific performance metrics we will be covering. Additionally, we will cover Exadata-related performance topics and relevant internals. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.