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Exadata Release 12.1.1.1.0 New Features

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Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to describe the
new features introduced in Exadata release 12.1.1.1.0.

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Complete Exadata Feature Support for

Oracle Database 12c

Full offload support:

Smart scan
Fast file creation
Fast incremental backup

Full IORM support:

Non-CDB
Multitenant architecture

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Using Exadata I/O Resource Management

with Oracle Database 12c

Non-CDB databases use IORM in the same way as version 11.2

databases
CDB resource plan in root
To manage PDBs within a CDB:

New CDB resource plan:

Defined in the CDB root container

Directive:
share = 3
Allocates resources to PDBs based on
utilization_limit = 75
shares
Can also enforce utilization limits for PDBs
Background resource usage is charged
PDB: salespdb
to the root container

PDB: reppdb

Example: log file sync

Intradatabase plan
in reppdb

Works in conjunction with other resource

plans

Other resource plans are still available:

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Directive:
share = 1
utilization_limit = 100

Intradatabase plan is defined inside

each PDB
Interdatabase plan allocates resources
across databases (including CDBs)
Category plan still allocates resources
across categories

Directive:
group percent = 75
Consumer group:
reporting

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Directive:
group percent = 25
Consumer group:
ETL

Support for Mixed Database Versions

New CELLSRV architecture to support mixed database

versions:
Separate offload servers for each major database release
Offload requests are automatically sent to the appropriate
offload server
No additional configuration or maintenance
Database Server 1
DB 11.2.X
DB 12.1.X

Database Server 2
DB 12.1.X

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Exadata Storage Server

MS

RS

CELLSRV
CELLOFLSRV
12.1.X

CELLOFLSRV
11.2.X

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Cell to Cell Data Transfer

Cell to Cell transfer in 11.2.X:

1. Database server sends read request to Cell A
2. Cell A sends data to database server
3. Data is stored in the database
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server memory
4. Database server sends data to Cell B

Database
Server

Cell to Cell transfer in 12.1.X:

1. Database server sends

transfer request to Cell B
2. Cell B reads data from Cell A

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Lower network bandwidth

consumption
Lower database server
resource usage
Used by ASM resynchronization,
resilver, and rebalance operations

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1

2
2

Exadata
Storage Server A

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Exadata
Storage Server B

Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned how to describe the
new features introduced in Exadata release 12.1.1.1.0.

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