White paper：Lower IT Costs with Oracle Database 11

AnOracleWhitePaperFebruary2011LoweringYourITCostswithOracleDatabase11gRelease2LoweringYourITCostswithOracleDatabase11gRelease2INTRODUCTION.................................................................................1 REDUCEHARDWARECOSTSBYAFACTOROF5X.....................2 IMPROVEPERFORMANCEBYAFACTOROF10X........................5 REDUCESTORAGECOSTSBYAFACTOROF10x.......................7 MAXIMIZEAVAILABILITY................................................................10 MAXIMIZESECURITY......................................................................13 DOUBLEDBAANDDEVELOPERPRODUCTIVITY........................14 SIMPLIFYTHESOFTWAREPORTFOLIO.......................................17 ACHIEVEBUSINESSVALUEINAQUARTEROFTHETIME........18 CONCLUSION..................................................................................19 LoweringYourITCostswithOracleDatabase11gRelease21INTRODUCTIONAsbusinessoperationsbecomemorecomplex,thedemandforchangeinITincreasesaccordingly,asdotheassociatedrisksthatmustbemitigated.Today’sITprofessionalsareaskedtomanagemoreinformationanddeliverittotheirusers,withever-increasingqualityofservice,inatimelymanner.Andintoday’seconomicclimate,ITmustalsoreducebudgetsandderivegreatervalueoutofexistinginvestments.OracleDatabase11gRelease2,thelatestreleaseoftheaward-winningOracleDatabase11g,enablesITprofessionalstodelivermoreinformationwithhigherqualityofservice,makemore-efficientuseoftheirbudgets,andreducetheriskofchangeindatacenters.BydeployingOracleDatabase11gRelease2astheirdatamanagementfoundation,organizationscanutilizethefullpoweroftheworld’sleadingdatabaseto•Reduceservercostsbyafactorof5•Reducestoragerequirementsbyafactorof10•Improvemission-criticalsystemperformancebyafactorof10•IncreaseDBAanddeveloperproductivitybyafactorof2•Maximizeavailabilityandeliminateidleredundancy•Maximizesecurityandenablecompliance•SimplifytheiroverallITsoftwareportfolioThiswhitepaperidentifiesthekeycapabilitiesinOracleDatabase11gRelease2thatenableITprofessionalstodelivermoreinformationwithahigherqualityofservice—atamuchlowercost—thanhaseverbeenpossiblebefore.LoweringYourITCostswithOracleDatabase11gRelease22REDUCEHARDWARECOSTSReduceHardwareCostsThroughConsolidationMostdatacenterstodayareamishmashofhardwareandsoftwarethathaveevolvedovertimetomeetindividualbusinessrequirements.Datacenterstypicallyconsistofavarietyofserverandstoragesilos,plusacomplexsoftwareportfoliotointegrateeverythingtogether.Mixeddatacenterenvironmentsareveryexpensivetomaintain.AlargepartofanyITbudget—estimatedatasmuchas30percent—isspentonmakingsurethatallthesedifferentcomponentsworkwellwitheachother,andmoreimportantly,continuetoworkthroughthelifecycleofeachcomponent.Maintainingseparateserverandstoragesilosisalsoextremelyinefficient.Individualsystemsareoftenover-provisionedwithspareprocessingandstoragecapacity,whichcancauseagreatdealofunderutilizationthroughoutthedatacenter.Managingindividualsystemstomeetperformance,availability,andsecurityexpectationsisbothinefficientandcostly.Toaddressthischallenge,organizationscanconsolidatetheirdataprocessingandstorageinfrastructureintosharedenvironments,withacommon,standardizedplatformavailableforallbusinessapplications.Serverandstorageconsolidationcanleadtosavingsfrompureeconomiesofscalealone.OracleDatabasehasenabledmanyorganizationstoconsolidateontotheirpreferredhardwareandoperatingsystems.Inaddition,Oraclesoftwareenablessignificantcommoditizationofconsolidatedenvironments,greatlyreducingthecostofhardware,oftenbyafactorof4xto6x.Thisarchitecturecanprovideorganizationswithanefficientconsolidateddatacenter,andunlockthepriceandperformancebenefitsofcommodityhardware.UnlockthePriceandPerformanceofCommodityHardwareInthepast,organizationshaveusedstand-aloneSMPserversasasinglesharedplatformtoconsolidatemultipleworkloads,andOracleDatabase11gRelease2worksverywellinthisenvironment.OracleDatabasehas20yearsofexperienceingettingthebestSMPperformanceandissupportedbyallmajorvirtualizationsoftware,includingOracleVMandlogicalpartitioning(LPAR)software.OracleDatabase11gRelease2alsooffersinstancecaging,whichenablesdatabasestobeconfinedtospecificcoresintheSMPenvironment,removingtheneedforvirtualizationorLPARsoftware.However,largeSMPserverscontinuetobeveryexpensivebothininitialcostsandintheincrementalcostsofscaling.Alternatively,smallcommodityserversrunningopen-sourceoperatingsystemssuchasLinuxcanbeclusteredtogether,offeringsimilarprocessorandmemorycapacityat4-6xinitialcostsavings.Andinsteadofincurringthe“forklift”costof“We’vebeenabletosaveoverUS$5milliondollarsayearbyre-platformingfromourmainframetoOracleRealApplicationClusters.”EugenePark,SeniorDirectorofPlatformServicesPG&ELoweringYourITCostswithOracleDatabase11gRelease23expensivescale-upSMPservers,customerscansimplyscale-outtheirdatabaseclusteratalowincrementalcostbyaddingmorecommodityservers.ConsolidateAllDataProcessingontoLow-CostPrivateCloudsOracleRealApplicationClusters(OracleRAC)enablesaclusteroflow-costcommodityserverstoworktogetherasasingleshareddatabasegridor