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Consolidating Oracle Databases on the Dell PowerEdge R820 Server Using Oracle VM
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Oracle VM architecture (Source: Oracle, Oracle VM documentation)
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In the context of this whitepaper we have considered Dell PowerEdge R820 for server consolidation.
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SC8000 is used as backend storage subsystem. Using Oracle VM technology we have
created multiple virtual machines in a Dell PowerEdge R820. Oracle databases are installed in each of
these virtual machines. Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) database system is considered for this
performance study and data is loaded in all the databases. OLTP database systems typically service
hundreds or thousands of concurrent users. All the databases are simultaneously stressed using Dell
Quest Benchmark Factory (BMF) and maximum userload supported is determined.
Database transactions performed by these thousands of concurrent users get translated into tens of
thousands of I/O requests to the backend storage subsystem.
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