Manual

Consolidating Oracle Databases on the Dell PowerEdge R820 Server Using Oracle VM

Executive summary

The Dell™ enterprise portfolio is evolving to incorporate better-performing, more energy-efficient, and

more highly-available products. With the introduction of Dell’s 12th generation server product line,

customers have an opportunity to improve their total cost of ownership by consolidating distributed

legacy environments.

With the advent of virtualization technology, datacenter resources can be better utilized.

Virtualization enables you to create multiple virtual servers within a single physical server. The latest

Dell PowerEdge 12

generation servers are equipped with greater CPU, memory, and network

resources. Coupling virtualization with the latest and powerful Dell PowerEdge 12

generation 12G

servers delivers benefits far beyond simple physical server consolidation: using Oracle VM

virtualization, multiple databases can now be consolidated into a single R820.

Dell strives to simplify IT infrastructure by consolidating legacy production environments to reduce

data center complexity while still meeting customers’ needs. The tools and procedures described in

this whitepaper can help administrators test, compare, validate, and implement the latest hardware

and database solution bundles.

This whitepaper explains how to:

 Consolidate multiple legacy servers to PowerEdge R820 Servers.

 Consolidate and run multiple oracle databases on a single PowerEdge R820 server using Oracle

VM virtualization.

 Optimize the TCO of Dell solutions.

 Achieve the benefits of consolidation and virtualization.

Key findings include:

 10:1 to 12:1 consolidation possibility

 50% Power Consumption Savings

Introduction

Server consolidation can be defined as maximizing the efficiency of server resources, thereby

minimizing the infrastructure, associated power and cooling, rack footprint, and licensing costs.

Consolidation essentially solves a fundamental problem—often referred to as server sprawl—in which

multiple, underutilized servers take up more space and consume more power resources than the

workload requirement indicates.

Server consolidation can be done in both physical and virtual infrastructures. This whitepaper discusses

the use of virtual consolidation using Oracle VM virtualization. Consolidation in a virtual environment

offers more flexibility to the customer.

 Resources can be used more flexible manner—add CPU, memory and network resources as and

when needed based on requirements