EMC VPLEX METRO and Oracle Real Application Clusters

EMC Corporation announced that EMC VPLEX METRO virtual storage technology has achieved certification in a stretch cluster configuration, and can enable customers to configure Oracle Corp.‘s RAC environments over extended distances-up to 100 kilometers.

This delivers Oracle RAC users with an active/active solution to meet mission critical uptime requirements – regardless of where the information resides.

With VPLEX METRO, Oracle RAC can be configured over distances up to 100 kilometers with simultaneous access to the same data-at both locations. The combination of an Oracle RAC active/active server cluster and VPLEX METRO active/active storage can increase levels of data mobility, database availability and performance over distance compared to traditional Oracle RAC stretch cluster configurations.  Additionally, with VPLEX AccessAnywhere cache coherency technology, customers benefit from a view of data that is presented, shared, accessed, or relocated between local or geographically-dispersed VPLEX clusters automatically.

IT administrators now have an alternative to the traditional complexities of dual-site configuration. EMC VPLEX AccessAnywhere technology simplifies it.
 
About EMC VPLEX
It is a virtual storage technology that enables information in the cloud, public, private or hybrid, to be shared, accessed and moved within, across and between data centers, federating various storage systems into a single resource. Customers can achieve transparent workload mobility and availability, both locally and over distance, through VPLEX’s simultaneous access to storage systems at geographically separate sites.

Brian Garrett, VP of ESG Lab, Enterprise Strategy Group, said: "Oracle’s certification of VPLEX METRO’s distribution of Oracle RAC nodes across dual sites is an exciting realization of the active/active data center. ESG Lab testing has confirmed that EMC VPLEX extends the benefits of a virtualized Oracle infrastructure beyond the walls of the data center with state of the art clustering and caching technologies. By enabling simultaneous processing at both sites, this combination addresses a key concern for users with mission-critical uptime requirements."

Brian Gallagher, president, Enterprise Storage Division, EMC, said: "Enterprise users need the most reliable, highest availability solutions for their mission critical applications. EMC VPLEX METRO’s enablement of extended-distance clustering is a unique solution which will benefit the large and growing community of Oracle RAC users-delivering an active/active data center. Together, the two technologies bring true high availability over distance."

David Hicks, VP, WW ISV and OEM Alliances, Oracle, said: "Oracle RAC provides highly scalable and performant database availability for all business applications. It is a trusted, reliable technology that supports our customers’ most mission-critical applications. EMC VPLEX METRO helps provide a level of always-on availability and reduces configuration complexity for our customers in extended-distance environments."