Exadata Xeon 5600 Datawarehousing

Blog update 2012.02.28: I’ve received countless inquiries about the storage used in the proof points I’m making in this post. I’d like to state clearly that the storage is  not a production product, not a glimpse of something that may eventually become product or any such thing. This is a post about CPU, not about storage. That point will be clear as you read the words in the post.

In my recent article entitled How Many Non-Exadata RAC Licenses Do You Need to Match Exadata Performance I brought up the topic of processor requirements for Oracle with and without Exadata. I find the topic intriguing. It is my opinion that anyone influencing how their company’s Oracle-related IT budget is used needs to find this topic intriguing.