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Consolidating Oracle Databases on the Dell PowerEdge R820 Server Using Oracle VM
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Summary
Any server consolidation project must be preceded by a well-planned effort to predict the energy
consumption and performance capacity of the new platform as compared to the legacy environment.
In this study, we showed that the new PowerEdge R820 is an ideal platform for consolidation from
legacy PowerEdge 2950 environments. This is apt as the server supports the latest Intel Sandy Bridge
processor architecture, and comes with the latest features such as PCIe gen 3 supports, enhanced
memory support, and flexible network card support. We also showed the performance gains and power
savings that can be achieved with consolidation.
Customers running Oracle 9i or 10g RAC environments on legacy servers and storage can follow the
guidelines and procedures outlined in this whitepaper to consolidate power-hungry RAC nodes into
fewer, faster, and more energy-efficient nodes. The resulting legacy RAC node consolidation can also
drive down Oracle licensing costs, resulting in savings that you can use to fund additional backend
storage resources to improve average query response time, implement disaster recovery sites and
additional RAC testbed sites for application development and testing. The reduced number of nodes
does not compromise performance when paired with PowerEdge R820 servers. Instead, the result is less
cluster overhead, simplified management, and positive movement toward an objective of simplifying IT
and reducing complexity in data centers.
Specific TCO possibilities include:
10:1 to 12:1 consolidation possibility
50% Power Consumption Savings
License fee savings from server consolidations
References
1. Dell PowerEdge R820
2. Dell Compellent
3. Dell Oracle tested and validated configurations
Appendix
A. Database management software
Quest’s award-winning database management software
strengthens Dell’s end-to-end solution capabilities. Our database management solutions for Oracle