If you would like to know more, a new
white paper (Oracle Solaris 11 is a state-of-the-art platform for
deploying Oracle Database) has been published which details how
Oracle Solaris 11 brings distinctive benefits to Oracle Database
deployments, including deployments of the latest release, Oracle Database
12c. It describes Oracle Solaris 11.2 enhancements, which help to improve
database scalability, availability, security, and manageability, and describe
in detail how Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle Database optimizations
bring specific benefits for database deployments on SPARC servers.
The Oracle Solaris and Oracle Database engineering
teams have worked closely to improve all aspects of database
deployments, from simplifying installation
to accelerating performance to troubleshooting I/O and much
more. Here are a few highlights from this white paper about these optimizations,
which demonstrate why Oracle Solaris 11 is the optimal platform for deploying
Oracle Database:
Break-Through Performance and Proven
Scalability - When deployed on SPARC servers, the Oracle
Solaris
platform exhibits outstanding performance and scalability for
Oracle Database instances. Servers based on SPARC T5, M5, or M6
processors have achieved numerous world records when
running database applications such as data warehousing,
online transaction processing (OLTP), and infrastructure
applications.
Accelerating Database Deployments -
As a part of ongoing integration work, Oracle Solaris and
Oracle Database engineers collaborated to simplify database
installation with the goal of speeding deployments and improving the
availability of database services.
Enhancing Service Availability -
Oracle Solaris and Oracle Database 12c have been
optimized for fast database startup. Optimizations include
in-kernel parallel allocation of shared memory, faster spawning of
background processes, and deferred database SGA allocation. Together
these optimizations improve start-up time significantly.
Increasing Throughput -
Oracle Solaris and SPARC servers feature built-in
virtualization techniques that allow system resources to be allocated to
specific workloads. In addition to efficient resource management, Oracle
Solaris features the ability to identify a “critical
thread” to the process scheduler, which helps to
optimize transaction throughput and performance.
Enterprise-Level Security and
Management - Oracle Solaris offers proven
security to safeguard Oracle Database
implementations, with advanced features such
as system-and network-enforced security, role-based access
controls, and sophisticated validation, monitoring, and auditing capabilities.
Its no surprise that Oracle Solaris continues to be the leading enterprise platform and why it is extensively deployed to host Oracle Database instances—including deployments of Oracle Database 12c.