Oracle uses Xserve RAID

Apple's rack-mounted storage system was as part of an initiative to cut storage costs. Oracle has identified the Apple Xserve RAID as one of several storage systems that would make a good low-cost alternative to the types of high-end monolithic storage systems that have traditionally been used to store Oracle databases, according to CNET News.com: "Additionally, Oracle is using the Xserve RAID in its own technology department to store e-mail, voice mail and calendar information. Oracle is using the Xserve RAID for a task once reserved for pricier Fibre Channel-based disk arrays. The software giant noted in a white paper that the Apple approach was about three times lower on a cost-per-megabyte basis. 'Its performance is excellent,' Oracle said in the document. Apple said Oracle plans to use 50 to 100 terabytes of Apple storage."

by MacNN Staff