Last Tuesday we announced the second generation of Database Machine. This second generation of Oracle Exadata is now running on Sun hardware. The premise for Database Machine is still the same: deliver extreme performance systems on commodity hardware with ease of deployment.
The database machine is a prime example (as was the first generation) of software-enabled hardware. The software offers the real value, the hardware is of the shelve stuff allowing a great price point and an easy way to quickly release a next generation system and get the benefits of faster chips and other components. The software allows the easy migration and the extreme benefits.
To read the entire article at its source, please refer to 500GB/sec and Database Machine Generation 2