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Oracle database is a powerful candidate to look at re-hosting. Why? The deployment of distributed Oracle database servers often results in a level of complexity that is unmanageable and increasingly expensive. Together, IBM and Oracle can provide a dynamic, integrated and automated virtualized data center environment designed to optimize business agility and efficiency.
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Oracle announced the availability of Oracle 11g Release 2 on Linux for System z on March 30, 2011.
Oracle E-Business Suite on Linux for IBM System z
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 is a comprehensive suite of integrated, global business applications that include Enterprise Applications for Asset Lifecycle Management, Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Procurement, Product Lifecycle Management, Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing.
Clients can fully exploit the capabilities of Linux on System z to gain mission-critical reliability for the Oracle E-Business Suite, potentially reducing costs through System z server consolidation and simplifying management and operations by leveraging System z virtualization and systems management features.
Consolidating multiple Oracle database servers and the Oracle E-Business Suite 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 Linux on System z environment the ideal choice to host Oracle solutions and serve as a hub in a smarter IT infrastructure.
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 might be the best choice for these applications, providing an extended level of business and operational value for IT optimization.
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.
Learn how clients have put Oracle to work on Linux on System z to lower cost and reduce energy consumption.
- KMD: Unix and Oracle Consolidation on System z (PDF, 452KB)
Ultimately, what KMD did was rehost an application ─ moving from an HP 9000 cluster to Linux partitions on an existing IBM mainframe. More HP 9000 customers should consider this exact course of action…
- Idaho Power Company
Working with Novell Consulting, the Idaho Power IT staff consolidated 30 servers to its mainframe environment using a hosting z/VM operating system for a substantial reduction in server costs. This consolidation has also significantly reduced the company's Oracle licensing costs.
- 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.
- Bank of New Zealand (302KB)
BNZ was able to consolidate its servers and reduce its front-end systems datacenter 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.
Linux on System z can help you build a simplified and unified IT infrastructure for your Oracle solutions.
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