Oracle's new big push - embarking on memory databases - Computer Sweden

It is hardly no secret that memory databases provide much better performance than traditional disk-based databases. SAP memory database Hana is an example – and this week’s OpenWorld in San Francisco, is the Oracle’s turn to shout from the rooftops all the benefits of the new technology. Company CEO Larry Ellison spent much of his opening speech to praise the technology which he believes gives 100 times faster database queries than in traditional systems.

Class=”paragraphIntro”> – Now databases handle billions of rows column in devilish speeds, says Larry Ellison and promises that the process of dealing with this is incredibly smooth.

– Just say to how much memory you want to use the computer and which partitions or tables that will be in memory so the system handles the rest.

For companies who want to get access to the new technology directly introduces Oracle something is called Big Memory Machine, the Sparc-based server M6-32 to be the fastest of its kind. It has tapped into the 32 TB RAM and twice as many processor cores as its predecessor M5.

As usual fits Larry Ellison on picking on competitors products but in this case he avoids detracting from SAP Hana. Instead, he took on IBM and says M6-32 is twice as powerful as the IBM P795, but only costs a third as much.

– This is the world’s fastest server for managing memory databases.

Big Memory Machine may cost 20 million dollars, but Larry Ellison believes that it is well below competitors’ prices. Something he avoids talking about is that Oracle systems require a wide range of applications, especially for database where the company has long been criticized for its high cost of licenses.

Other news from the beginning of OpenWorld noticed a product called Oracle Database Backup Logging Recovery Appliance that is intended to be used for backup of the contents of memory databases. It will have support for restoring material from different logs and have management features that make it possible to backup directly to Oracle’s public cloud services.