Can I purchase hardware from HP instead of Oracle, and assemble an identical system to the HP Oracle Database Machine?
Yes. Oracle documents the certified hardware solution from HP, so that a customer can purchase the identical hardware configuration directly from HP or from HP resellers. The core question is what does Oracle bundle into the HP Oracle Database Machine above and beyond the value of the component pieces of hardware. The following items come as part of the HP Oracle Database Machine: – All hardware components come racked up by HP. – All components have the appropriate levels of firmware that have been tested for Database Machine. – All servers have been connected to the InfiniBand network with an appropriate topology. – The HP Oracle Database Machine goes through specific hardware validation and testing for Exadata workloads at the HP factory. – Oracle installs and configures all Oracle software, and pre-builds an empty database, in an optimized configuration. A typical customer would normally need months to procure, configure and provision a machine of this size based on individual compo
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