Abstract
Oracle marketing must really like the term smart. They have applied it to numerous different features on the Exadata platform. They also seem to like the term flash, which is associated with at least a half dozen features as well. To add to the confusion, there are two features in Oracle Database 12c Release 1 that have almost exactly the same names—Database Smart Flash Cache (DBFC) and Exadata Smart Flash Cache (ESFC). While both features make use of flash-based memory devices, they are very different. In this chapter, we will focus on ESFC and the OLTP optimizations and only mention DBFC in passing.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 Martin Bach, Karl Arao, Andy Colvin, Frits Hoogland, Randy Johnson, Kerry Osborne, and Tanel Poder
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Bach, M. et al. (2015). Exadata Smart Flash Cache. In: Expert Oracle Exadata. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6242-8_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6242-8_5
Publisher Name: Apress, Berkeley, CA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4302-6241-1
Online ISBN: 978-1-4302-6242-8
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied ComputingProfessional and Applied Computing (R0)Apress Access Books