Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance

The Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance[1] (Recovery Appliance or ZDLRA) is a computing platform that includes Oracle Corporation (Oracle) Engineered Systems hardware and software built for backup and recovery of the Oracle Database. It performs continuous data protection, validates backups, automatically resolves many issues, and provides alerts when backups fail validation.[2][3][4]

Oracle Recovery Appliance
Original author(s)Oracle Corporation
Initial releaseSeptember, 2014
Operating systemOracle Linux
PlatformZero Data Loss Recovery Appliance
LicenseCommercial
Websitewww.oracle.com/zdlra

It is designed for Oracle databases and works only on Oracle databases. It is considered a 3rd party backup and recovery product.[5][6][7][8] It was introduced in 2014 as part of Oracle Corporation's family of "Engineered Systems"[9] and shares components with the Oracle Exadata Database Machine, with an additional layer of software that provides specific features for backup, recovery, replication, monitoring, and management. Like the Oracle Exadata Database Machine, it is periodically refreshed as a new interoperable and expandable “generation” based on newer hardware technology at the time of release. In September 2019, the Recovery Appliance X8M introduced a 100 Gbit/s internal network fabric based on RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet), replacing the InfiniBand fabric used in previous Recovery Appliance generations.[10]

The Recovery Appliance elastic configuration starts with a "Base Rack" that can be increased to a "Full Rack" or larger "multi-rack" configuration. A Base Rack is capable of managing over 207 terabytes of backup data, while a Full Rack can manage over 1.26 petabytes. Multi-Rack configurations of up to 18 racks wide can manage more than 22 petabytes of data.[11] Since Recovery Appliance only needs to store data that has changed, the actual size of databases that are protected can be many times larger than the storage capacity of a Recovery Appliance.[12]

ZDLRA

Generation

Release

Date

Base Rack

Capacity

Full Rack

Capacity

Full Rack Backup

and Restore Rate

X4 2014 37 TB 224 TB 12 TB/hour
X5 2015 50 TB 340 TB 12 TB/hour
X6 2016 94 TB 580 TB 12 TB/hour
X7 2017 119 TB 729 TB 24 TB/hour
X8 & X8M[10] 2019 155 TB 949 TB 24 TB/hour
X9M[11] 2021 207 TB 1.26 PB 24 TB/hour

References

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  1. ^ Various authors (2017). "Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance X7 Technical Data Sheet" (PDF). Oracle Corporation. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  2. ^ Moore, Fred (June 1, 2015). "White Paper: Implementing a Modern Backup Architecture: Oracle's Tiered Data Protection Strategy". Horison.com. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "CIO Magazine White Paper: Extreme Protection That Eliminates Data Loss for All of Your Oracle Databases" (PDF). Oracle Corporation. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Video: Resume Business Faster With Engineered Database Recovery". Oracle Corporation. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  5. ^ Vellante, David (October 22, 2015). "Oracle Backup and Recovery Strategies: Moving to Data-Protection-as-a-Service". Wikibon. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  6. ^ Floyer, David (September 2, 2016). "Real-time Recovery Architecture as a Service". Wikibon. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  7. ^ Goodwin, Phil (November 1, 2016). "Oracle's Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance: A Transaction DVR for the Enterprise" (PDF). IDC (International Data Corp). Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  8. ^ "Taneja Group Whitepaper: FULL DATABASE PROTECTION WITHOUT THE FULL BACKUP PAIN" (PDF). Taneja Group. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  9. ^ Hollis, Chuck (September 9, 2015). "Chuck's Blog: Grown-up IT for Grown-Up Applications". typepad. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Oracle Unleashes World's Fastest Database Machine". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  11. ^ a b "Announcing Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance X9M: Database Transaction-level Protection – Now with Greater Capacity at Half the Price".
  12. ^ Craft, Chris (February 21, 2018). "De-Duplication in ZDLRA". Wordpress. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
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