Exadata X6-2 enhancements in the hardware

While there are so many great features in Exadata Database Machine software, in this post we will see what is inside Exadata X6-2 when it comes to the hardware

Exadata X6-2 enhancements in the hardware

Database Server

# For each databaser server, Exadata X6 -2 Machine now comes with 2x 22-core Xeon E5-2699 v4 processors per Database Server
# Memory defaults to 256 GM RAM and 768 GB (max)
# disks 4x 600 GB 10,000 RPM disks (Hot-Swappable) Expandable to 8


For each Storage Server HC

CPU :- 2x 10-core Xeon E5-2630 v4 processors and the same goes for Extreme Flash Storage
Memory :- 128 GB
Disks :- 12 x 8 TB 7,200 RPM disks
Flash :- 4 x 3.2 TB NVMe PCIe 3.0 flash cards


For each Extreme Flash Storage Server

CPU :- 2x 10-core Xeon E5-2630 v4 processors
Memory :- 128 GB
Flash Capacity :- 8x 3.2 TB NVMe PCIe 3.0 flash drives


That means if you have a full rack Exadata Database Machine and if you go with Extreme flash storage you get 358.4 TB flash capacity, 8 x DB servers 352 cores , 14 x Storage servers 280 cores for SQL offload. Really Extreme performance.