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Sunday, 26 June 2016

Oracle introduces two database appliances positioned for SMBs

Oracle has announced two new models of its Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), bringing all of the performance and reliability of Oracle's Engineered Systems to small and mid-sized businesses for the first time. 

Oracle’s portfolio of database appliances enables organisations to back up or archive their critical data, and easily move their workloads to the Oracle Cloud whenever needed. Central to these new versions of the ODA is support for the Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 and Oracle Database Enterprise Edition.

“We’re excited to bring the power, simplicity and capabilities of Oracle’s Engineered Systems in at a price point that allows every organisation to save time and money,” said Jim Gargan, SVP, Oracle Converged Infrastructure. “With the family of database appliances, Oracle offers built-in expertise for single-instance database and high-availability deployments, while providing a bridge between on-premise systems and the cloud, enabling all of our customers to capitalise on their investment.”

The Oracle Database Appliance is designed to run single-instance databases, database consolidation of multiple databases, and high-availability designs. Its features include:

· Starting price of US$18,000 for new, entry-level database appliance for single or small database instances;

· Reducing time to value, customers can deploy in as little as 30 minutes;

· Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Flash drives for ultimate performance and reliability;

· Integration to Oracle Cloud, allowing businesses to back up and archive their critical data as well as migrate workloads to the cloud when ready.

"Since Oracle owns the entire stack, its systems are fully hardware-software integrated, pretested, and optimised from silicon to applications. They are quickly deployed, extend smoothly to Oracle’s cloud, and the various systems seem to work well together. The latest family members, Oracle Database Appliance X6-2S and X6-2M, should help small and medium-sized businesses put a fully operational entry-level Oracle database in place – apparently no screwdrivers required," said Peter Rutten, Analyst, IDC Computing Platforms Group.

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