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- 3. Who+We+Are+
• Oracle-centric Consulting Partner focusing on the Oracle
Technology Stack
• Exadata Specialized Partner status (one of a handful globally)
• 200+ Successful Exadata Implementations
• Dedicated, In-house Exadata Lab (POV, Patch Validation)
• All of our Consultants have 12+ years of Oracle Experience
• Additional practices include
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Oracle RAC Implementation
Oracle Golden Gate
Oracle Applications Administration
On-Call Database Administration
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- 27. Ye+olde+silo+
• The+idea:+
• Train+exis4ng+SAN/network/UNIX+admin+in+the+use+of+Exadata+
• Keep+individual+responsibili4es+in+the+respec4ve+team+
• Cons+
• Pro+
• Least+intrusive+for+the+teams+
• Exis4ng+standards+don’t+need+
changing…much+
• Less+responsibility+for+the+
individual+
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• Contradicts+the+idea+of+
“Engineered+System”+
• Exadata+parts+have+
dependencies+
• Risk+of+overUcustomising+the+
system+
• Might+delay+roll+out+(training,+
haggling+over+competence,+
documenta4on…)+
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- 30. Introducing+the+AUTeam+(1)+
• (More)+Power+the+peop^H^H+DBAs+
• What+changes?+
• The+DBA+has+a+first+shot+at+the+problem+
• Normally+that’s+all+there+is+to+it.+
• If+the+DBAs+don’t+know,+get+dedicated+help+from+storage/sys+admin+
• Why+the+reluctance?+
• Nobody+worried+when+the+DBAs+had+to+look+ager+OEM!+
• It+has+the+Oracle+label+so+it’s+the+natural+habitat+of+the+DBA+;)+
• And+there+is+backup+if+needed+
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- 31. The+AUTeam+
• The+idea:+
• Create+a+new+team+with+exis4ng++members+from+storage,+network,+
database+teams+
• Use+only+the+most+skillful+and+keenest+
• Pro+
• Cons+
• Could+be+on+a+projectUbasis,+
i.e.+non+full4me+ini4ally+
• Is+an+intermediate+step+most+
likely+
• Team+members+can+act+as+
knowledge+replicators+
• Conveys+warm+and+fuzzy+
feeling+
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• S4ll+risk+that+Exadata+is+overU
engineered+or+too+heavily+
customised+
• Needs+enough+team+members+
for+a+24/7+support+
• Removes+capacity+from+nonU
Exadata+related+work+
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- 32. The+ideal+Exadata+administrator+
• Final+evolu4on+stage+
• The+DBA+evolves+
• Arup+Nanda+coined+the+term+Database+Machine+Administrator+
• Broad+range+of+skills+desired+
• Exadata+truly+benefits+from+an+incarna4on++of+a+“DBA+2.0”+
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Automa4c+Storage+Management+
Infiniband++
10Gbit+Ethernet+
Real+Applica4on+Clusters++
Disaster+Recovery,+Backup+
ZFS+appliance?+Exaly4cs?+
Not+to+forget+SQL+skills!+
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- 33. The+Database+Machine+Admin+
• The+idea:+
• Allow+Oracle+database+administrators+to+evolve+
• Grant+them+the+appropriate+access+privileges+
• Pro+
• Cons+
• Build+on+exis4ng+experience+
• Single+group+manages+all+
Exadata+systems+
• Be.er+understanding+of+
impact+of+changes+
• Most+effec4ve+problem+solving+
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• Could+be+more+expensive+
• Training+needs+
• Backfill+or+new+hires+to+replace+
those+in+the+new+team+
• Red+tape+
• Might+not+be+possible+due+to+
regulatory+requirements+
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- 40. Rollout+
• The+Avant>Garde%
• Engineering+leading+the+efforts+towards+a+rollout+
• Opera4onal+DBAs+not+trained;+con4nuing+as+operators+
• Pro+
• Cons+
• Assuming+that+Engineering+is+
really+competent+
• Centralised+team+ac4ng+as+
competence+center+
• Complexity+hiding+via+scripts+
• Standardisa4on+of+procedures+
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• Team+must+be+able+to+run+with+
problem+un4l+resolu4on,+but:+
• Engineering+ogen+
understaffed+
• Might+not+meet+the+
requirements+of+the+
opera4onal+team+
• Large+effort+
40+++