Oracle software

Oracle software is a powerful candidate to look at re-hosting on System z. Why? The deployment of distributed Oracle software, especially the Oracle database servers, often results in a level of complexity that is hard to manage and increasingly expensive. Together, IBM and Oracle can provide an integrated and virtualized data center environment designed to optimize business agility and efficiency.

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Oracle Database 11g Release 2 and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) on Linux for IBM System z

Oracle Database 11g Release 2 is ideal for Oracle System z deployments that need to support high volume online transaction processing and query intensive data warehousing applications. It decreases management costs while providing the highest possible quality of service. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 significantly reduces the costs of managing the IT environment through automated management capabilities which improve DBA and developer productivity and efficiency.

Oracle Real Application Clusters helps you run packaged or custom applications in a parallel database environment that takes advantage of the processing power of multiple interconnected computers, operating as a cluster. In an Oracle RAC environment, all nodes run concurrent Oracle Database instances and execute transactions against the same database. If a clustered server fails, the Oracle Database continues running on the remaining servers.

Learn how clients have put Oracle to work on Linux on System z to lower cost and become more efficient:

Bank of New Zealand (302KB)
BNZ was able to consolidate its servers and reduce its front-end systems data center footprint by 30 percent. Since migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM mainframes, BNZ has recorded a 33 percent reduction in heat output and a 39 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, for its front-end systems.
Business Connexion
Business Connexion deployed SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for System z* to run a new monitoring solution for clients. The ability to run multiple virtual servers side-by-side on a single mainframe processor ensures low software costs for the solution, enabling Business Connexion to offer a powerful solution at a highly competitive price.
Transzap (132KB)
The System z solution from IBM has helped Transzap establish a dynamic infrastructure that helps reduce costs and greatly improve the level of service Transzap is able to provide. As a result of the success Transzap has had with the IBM system, it is planning to offer enhanced service level agreements to its customers.

Oracle applications

Oracle supports most all of their applications in a split tier environment with the database on Linux on the System z server and the application server hosted elsewhere. AIX running on the zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) might be the best choice for these applications, providing an extended level of business and operational value for IT optimization.

Consolidating multiple Oracle database servers onto a single IBM System z server running multiple virtual Linux servers can reduce system management and maintenance requirements. z/VM’s outstanding virtualization, intelligent workload management, the unique ability to support diverse workloads concurrently, high levels of security and intelligent recovery capabilities make the System z environment the ideal choice to host Oracle solutions and serve as a hub in a smarter IT infrastructure.

Solution centers around the world with teams of Oracle and IBM experts work together to provide design, development, testing, technical support and education to support your Oracle solutions running on System z.

Linux on System z can help you build a simplified and unified IT infrastructure for your Oracle solutions.