TRANSFORMING APPLICATION DELIVERY WITH ORACLES

PRIVATE CLOUD APPLIANCE

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AGENDA
What is PCA?
Technical Overview
PCA Business Case
Rapid OS Delivery
Rapid ApplicaBon Delivery

Real World Examples

SECURE-24 TECHNOLOGY GOALS

Simplicity
Simplify the environment with new technology.

Scalability
Technology should be able to grow and scale as the company grows.

AutomaBon
Technology should have the ability to be an automated and repeatable process.

Overall reducBon of cost

Technology should drive down the overall cost.

SoluBon driven by customer requirements and demands

This is the reason for looking at the technology.

PCA OVERVIEW
PCA stands for Private Cloud Appliance. Previously known as the VCA (Virtual
Compute Appliance)
Oracle converged infrastructure including Network, Storage, Servers and
VirtualizaBon
Fully integrated with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c
EecBvely this gives you a complete cloud compuBng environment that one
can simply roll into a datacenter, plug in, and begin using.

PCA PHYSICAL VIEW

Simplied!
Cabling all pre-ran from factory
4 network cables and 4 power cables are all that are required to connect

PCA TECHNICAL DETAILS

40Gb/s Server-to-Server

Oracle X86 Servers

Up to 25 nodes
CPU: Up to 900 cores
Memory: Up to 6.4TB aggregate
Supports any Linux, Solaris and Windows applica.ons

Compute
Nodes

High speed InniBand network mulBple 40

Gbps
InniBand connected storage
Dedicated management systems included

Ethernet Switch
InfiniBand Expansion
InfiniBand Expansion

Fabric
Interconnect

Networking

Fabric
Interconnect

Network Infrastructure
Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 (Virtual Network)
Oracle Switches
Fully congured fabric networking, no setup required
Integrates with exis.ng Ethernet and storage networks

Compute
Nodes

Management
Storage

Management

Mgmt Nodes

Oracle X86 Servers

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance
Redundant controllers, high performance virtual storage

Oracle VM and Oracle Linux included

Tested and CerBed by Oracle
So_ware Dened networking through Fabric
Interconnect

WHY WE SELECTED PRIVATE CLOUD APPLIANCE

Fast Power-on to ProducBon - AutomaBon
2 hours vs. 1 month on legacy infrastructure
Mixed workloads - Scalable
Oracle DB, Oracle ApplicaBons, Microso_, Custom apps
More ecient Licensing ReducBon of cost
Trusted ParBBons Licensing
Rapid ApplicaBon Deployment Simplicity and automaBon
Pre-built Oracle VM templates
Simplied Support - Simplicity
One Hand to Shake (One Throat to Choke)
Lower AcquisiBon and Deployment Costs
Impressive performance Customer requirements

PCA BUSINESS CASE

Fully supported and cerBed stack applicaBon through infrastructure.
Hardware and So_ware designed to work together.
Support for Oracle Trusted parBBoning. Run processor based licensing in a
private cloud with condence.
Oracle templates available through edelivery for enterprise applicaBons.
Cloud automaBon integraBon through OEM (Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c
Cloud Control)

CERTIFIED
BY ORACLE

PCA TRUSTED PARTITION LICENSE

On VCE Block type devices (Cisco, VMware, etc.)
Pay License Fee for system capacity at .5 core factor

Using Oracle PCA

Customers are licensed for what they use only at .25 core factor

Example :
Database uses 16 vCPU
VMware Cluster ( 8 servers x 16 cores per server) - 128 CPU Cores
Cost = 64 Oracle Enterprise EdiBon Processor License
PCA
Cost = 4 Oracle Enterprise EdiBon Processor License

JDE

Server
Pool 2

PCA OPERATING SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY

Many enterprise applicaBons are being developed and designed for
Oracle Linux.
Even with the explosion of Oracle Linux support, Microso_ and Solaris
are sBll very relevant for many enterprise applicaBon ecosystems
PCA allows for automaBon and support for Linux, Microso_ and Solaris
on a single converged infrastructure.
AutomaBon friendly. APIs rule the world.

WHY ORACLE LINUX?

Oracle Linux is fully supported and included with the PCA
environment
AutomaBon integraBon with Oracle VM
UEK kernel. This is a kernel created by Oracle that is patched and
tuned for Oracle applicaBons
The UEK kernel also enables capabiliBes such as Ksplice. Ksplice
allows for patching of the Linux kernel with zero downBme.

Zero

Downtime!

PCA ORACLE LINUX AUTOMATION

Create Oracle Linux templates that are generic, but can take on the idenBty of a
web, app, or DB machine through automaBon integraBon
UBlize Oracle VM messages sending to ovmd running on the Linux virtual
machines to allow for rapid deployment.
hkps://blogs.oracle.com/wim/entry/using_oracle_vm_messages_to
OVM messages allow for communicaBon to the guest OS via a bi-direcBonal
communicaBon channel. This allows for things like IP, hostname, network, and
for Secure-24 puppet cert name to be sent to a newly deployed template.

TYPICAL DEPLOYMENT
Typical Process For CreaBng and Deploying New ApplicaBons:

1 to 3 weeks
1-5 days

1-2 days

1-5 days

1 day

1-2 days

Start

PCA RAPID DEPLOYMENT

Pre-made, cerBed virtual machine templates, including applicaBon, operaBng system,
and database available at hkps://edelivery.oracle.com
Save Weeks/Days in ConguraBon Time
Pre-built, pre-congured Templates
ApplicaBon, Middleware, and DB
Oracle DB, JD Edwards, EBS, PeopleSo_, and many more. 90+ templates

E-Delivery

Download from
Oracle.com

JDE

JD
Edwards
File

File

JDE
VM 1

Import to
Oracle VM
Manager

Start-up in
Oracle VM Pool

Oracle VM
Servers

Server
Customize &Pool
Save
2
as Golden Image

ORACLE DNFS DATABASE DESIGN

dNFS
Local OS disks Stored on Oracle VM data
repository
Data, Logs, and VoBng disks presented
via NFS and dNFS
Simplied, high performance RAC
environment

RAC

RAC

SI

VM 1

VM 2

VM
VM

Oracle VM Server Pool

Oracle VM Servers

NAS, SAN, iSCSI

Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler

- Albert Einstein

VM

VM

ZFS S torage

REAL WORLD HOSTING

REAL WORLD HOSTING

Direct NFS vs. FC Performance Compared

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance performance result example
RelaDve Order Entry Performance
120.0%
112.8%

102.3%

99.1%

100.0%

The performance of FC with

the management simplicity
and economics of NFS

100.6%
[VALUE]

[VALUE]
80.0%

TPS 10GbE dNFS

60.0%

TPS 8Gb FC
Response Time 10GbE dNFS

40.0%

Response Time 8Gb FC

20.0%

0.0%
50

200
Number of Users

400

REAL WORLD HOSTING EPM/BI

Hyperion EPM/BI Environment
Fortune 500 company
1000+ users
HFM, FDMEE, DRM, Essbase, Planning, OBIEE, Oracle 11gR2 RAC.
Fully redundant and clustered on PCA
CombinaBon of Oracle Linux and Microso_
Automated installaBon of Oracle Linux, Microso_, and Oracle Databases
EnBre environment deployed in weeks opposed to months.

REAL WORLD HOSTING ORACLE/DB

Deploy 3 node Oracle RAC environment
Oracle 12c Enterprise EdiBon
Database connecBons made from Oracle using Direct NFS
ZFS Storage Beyond Flash performance storage
OISP (Oracle Intelligent Storage Protocol) for storage opBmizaBon
Deployed, congured and tested in under a week.

SIG MEETINGS AT ORACLE OPENWORLD

All meeBngs will be held in User Group Pavilion, MeeEng Room, Moscone South

Monday, October 26
IOUG Cloud CompuBng SIG Meet-Up: 10:00 a.m.11:00 a.m.
IOUG Oracle Enterprise Manager SIG: 5:00 p.m.6:00 p.m. *LocaEon: OTN Lounge, Moscone South*

Tuesday, October 27
IOUG IoT SIG: 10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
IOUG BIWA SIG: 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 28
IOUG Exadata SIG: 10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
IOUG RAC SIG: 1:00 p.m.2:00 p.m.
IOUG Oracle 12c SIG: 2:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.

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