White Paper

Oracle Database Migration to Dell PowerEdge 12

Generation Servers and Dell Compellent Storage

Systems

 Deliver more throughput with major I/O performance enhancements

 Better application performance with dual internal RAID controller options for PowerEdgeT620 and

R720

 No compromise on performance with greater memory density and capacity along with Intel Xeon E5

processors

Dell PowerEdge 12

Generation servers feature the Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 series processors based on

the Sandy Bridge-EP architecture, which deliver more computations per second. Intel Xeon E5-2600

series processors provide up to 8 physical cores or 16 logical cores through hyper-threading, and up to

20 MB cache. Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors also include features such as the new Intel advanced

vector extensions, and the optimized turbo boost technology.

Dell PowerEdge 12

Generation servers include the express flash PCIe solid state drives to deliver

better internal storage performance by connecting directly to the processor via PCIe bus. These PCIe

solid state drives have up to 3x performance of standard SAS SSDs and 1000x performance of 15K SAS

hard drives.

The PowerEdge R720 (12

generation) servers were used in the test configuration for this paper. The

R720 server is a two-socket, 2U rack server emphasizing performance and scalability. R720 servers are

designed for mid-to-large-size data centers, and are ideal for use as a virtualization or database server.

Some highlighted features of the R720 include:

 Large memory footprint 24 DIMMs (768GB)

 Dual SD cards for redundant hypervisor

 CacheCade RAID enhancement to boost I/O

 Internal storage capacity up to 16 x 2.5 HDD or 8 x 3.5 HDD

 Maximum of four optional PCIe flash SSD drives

 Redundant power supply units (PSU)

 Hot plug and swappable PSU, HDDs, and fans

Dell Compellent Storage Systems

The Dell Compellent Storage Center Storage Area Network (SAN) provides a highly efficient and flexible

foundation for enterprise and the cloud. Dell Compellent storage features an innovative Dell Fluid

Data architecture to put the right data in the right place at the right time. It enables the storage

system to dynamically adapt to changes in your business environment.

Dell Compellent Storage Center provides a fully virtualized storage platform that includes:

 Storage virtualization that abstracts and aggregates resources across the array, providing a high-

performance pool of shared storage

 Thin provisioning and automated tiered storage to deliver optimum disk utilization and intelligent

data movement

 Space-efficient snapshots and thin replication for continuous data protection without wasted

capacity

 Built-in automation and unified storage management to streamline storage provisioning,

management, migration, monitoring and reporting