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GridApp Advances Automation, Management of Oracle RAC 10g
GridApp Systems Inc. has further simplified the management of clustered database environments through support of Oracle 10g RAC Release 2. GridApp's dual product offerings -- the D2500 database appliance and its Clarity database automation software -- simplify and enhance the capabilities of Oracle clustering. With this announcement, GridApp has extended its leadership to the newest release of Oracle's flagship database platform, Oracle 10g Release 2.
The Oracle Real Application Clustering (RAC) model is revolutionizing the database landscape, providing a more flexible structure to scale databases while maintaining high availability on commodity hardware. However, a RAC environment requires complex coordination between various components of the data center, encompassing storage, the operating system, networking, cluster engine, and the database. This complexity poses significant challenges for even the most well-staffed and competent IT organizations.
GridApp's D2500 appliance eases management of Oracle RAC by providing rapid scalability, one-click cluster deployment and simplified management with a more dynamic graphical user interface. The combination of GridApp's appliance and Oracle RAC creates the industry's most advanced platform for clustered database computing, resulting in greater operational efficiencies, reduced costs and improved control and stability over database assets.
"Now more than ever, enterprises dealing with increasing amounts of data need to develop a new way of thinking about the management of their mission-critical database assets," said Rob Gardos, president and CEO of GridApp Systems. "GridApp is committed to serving Oracle users by providing innovative automation tools and services that enable organizations to take advantage of the world's most powerful and flexible database solution -- without the management challenges and resource headaches that plague today's IT departments."
The GridApp D2500 combines best-of-breed blade servers, an optimized build of Red Hat Enterprises Linux, and GridApp Clarity software to create a fully automated and virtualized database environment. Instead of struggling with the complexities of Linux, clustering and blade servers, the D2500 offers a drop-in replacement for traditional database infrastructures. The platform is designed to ease the path to server consolidation, enabling databases to share access to a central pool of capacity.
GridApp's Clarity database automation software provides enterprises with a complete solution for improving the manageability and efficiency of their complex database environments, including provisioning, patching, auditing, inventory and configuration management, and compliance.