Grid Computing Veronique Anxolabehere Senior Director of Product Marketing Mike Margulies Senior Director, Grid Platform Solutions.

Grid Computing

Veronique Anxolabehere

Senior Director of Product Marketing

Mike Margulies

Senior Director, Grid Platform Solutions

Agenda

Why Grid Computing Oracle10g : The Platform for the Grid What does this mean for you Oracle‘s offering Summary and Next Steps

“Today’s IT shops are criminally inefficient,

running assets at a small fraction of their capacity.”

“Today’s IT shops are criminally inefficient,

running assets at a small fraction of their capacity.”

- Frank E. GillettForrester Research

October 2002

Problem: Islands of Computation Limited scalability, no resource sharing Must be configured for peak loads Availability < 99.x% and poor security Expensive

FinancialsFinancials

ProcurementProcurement ServiceService

SupplySupplyChainChain

FilesFilesSalesSales HRHR

Enterprise Grid Computing Solves IT’s Problems

Separate servers High h/w & s/w costs Difficult to reconfigure Difficult to manage

Shared resources Low cost components Allocate as needed Unified management

Grid Solution

Coordinated use of many small servers acting as one large computer.

IT Problem

Leveraging Low-Cost Components Blade servers Intel architecture Modular storage

Introducing 10g

Grid Control Database Application Server

Oracle 10g – Automatic Storage Management (ASM)

Automatic StorageManagement

Eliminates redundant software Improves cash flow and

operational flexibility– Add/drop storage online

Reduce administrative costs– Easy to use– Minimize DBA workload

Oracle 10g – Automatic Workload Balancing

Flexibility to address changing demand

Reallocate processing where it’s needed

Oracle 10g – Improved Business Continuity

Automatic failover to available compute and storage resources

Leverage Lower-cost infrastructure with no performance penalties

Oracle 10g – Centralized Security and Access Control

Client

Virtual Private Database Single Sign-On Deep Data Protection

Oracle 10g Grid Control

Database Control– Built-in database web console

Application Server Control– Built-in app. server web console

Grid Control– End-to-End grid management

console

Built on Oracle Enterprise Manager

Database Control

Application Server Control

Grid Control

Oracle 10g Benefits for ISVs

Reduce Implementation and Administrative Costs Add Unique Value to Your Application

– Availability and Reliability– Performance and Scalability– Security– Analytics and Portal-based Access– Integration

Increase Competitive Advantage Take advantage of the shift to Grid Computing

Paradigm

Tools and Resources for ISVs Oracle PartnerNetwork

– Software : Database, Application Server, Grid Controller

– Training : step by step ISV Roadmap Technical Sales

– Support– Intel “10g Test Drive”– Migration Center of Excellence

Next Steps Visit our RoundTable for more information :

Wednesday at 11am If you’re not a partner : Join at

http://partner.oracle.com Join the 10g Product Focus Area for all your

enablement needs Running on Oracle10g:

– List your solution in Solution Catalog– Join the Grid Business Development Initiative for go to

market benefits– Participate in the Grid customer CD : register through the

Grid Initiative