Oracle Exadata X8 and ZDLRA X8 Technical Introduction Assessment

1.  What major changes were made on the Exadata X8-2 Database server as compared to the Exadata X7-2 Database server? (Select all that apply)    

More memory channels and faster memory        

Faster CPUs (*)                 

Larger disk capacity (*)                  

All of the above

2.  There are three identical Exadata X8 Storage Server configurations offered for both the Recovery Appliance X8 and Exadata X8.               

True

False (*)

3.  What is the primary purpose of the two internal M.2 flash drives in Exadata X8-2 Storage Servers?  

They are the primary boot and rescue device for this server model. (*)

They are used to store all of the installation and diagnostic tools for Exadata X8.

They are used to gather special diagnostic information for engineering.

They are used to store ILOM images.

4.  What Flash PCIe cards are used in the Exadata X8-2 Extended (XT) Capacity Storage Server?

None (*)

2 x 240 GB

4 x 6.4 TB

2 x 6.4 TB

5.  What major changes were made on the Exadata X8-8 Database server as compared to the Exadata X7-8 Database server? (Select all that apply)    

More memory channels and faster memory

Faster CPUs (*)

Larger disk capacity

All of the above

6.  The disks in Exadata X8-8 Database servers can be expanded from 4 to 8.     

True

False (*)

7.  The Exadata X8-2 Storage Servers use faster CPU’s with more cores as compared to the Exadata X7-2 Storage server. 

True (*)

False

8.  What is the primary purpose of the Exadata X8-2 Extended (XT) Capacity Storage servers?   

To store online ASM backup and recovery data.

A low cost solution to keep long-term archive data online within the Exadata database. (*)

To provide extra flash cache capacity on demand during peak workloads.

To expand ASM disk groups in elastic upgrade installations.

9.  Recovery Appliance X8 is configured using the same OEDA web based tool that Exadata uses.            

True (*)

False

10.  The Exadata X8-2 High Capacity Storage Servers will ship with 12 of the _______ drives installed.  

12 TB

8 TB

14 TB (*)

10 TB

11.  The Exadata X8-8 Database Servers use the same memory DIMMs as the Exadata X7-8 Database Servers.                      

True (*)

False

12.  Which memory configurations are available for an Exadata X8-2 Database Server? (Select all that apply)      

2 TB

768 GB (*)

1.5 TB (*)

384 GB (*)

13.  The Flash PCIe cards in Exadata X8-2 Storage servers have increased capacity from the Exadata X7-2 Storage servers.  

True

False (*)

14.  What upgrade options are available for Exadata X8-2 Extended Capacity (XT) Storage Servers?          

Add 4 Flash Cards

Add a CPU and Memory

Add 6 Hard Disks and 2 Flash Cards

All of the above                                                  

None of the above (*)

15.  What upgrade options are available for Exadata X8-2 High Capacity (HC) Storage Servers in Eighth Racks?    

Add 4 Flash Cards

Add Eighth rack XT Storage Servers

Add Eighth rack HC Storage Servers (*)

Add CPU, memory, disks, and Flash cards to fill empty slots

Add 6 Hard Disks and 2 Flash Cards

                 

16.  What is the core count for each CPU in the Exadata X8-2 Database server?  

32

16

48

24 (*)

17.  The M.2 flash disks in Exadata X8-2 Storage servers have increased capacity from the Exadata X7-2 Storage servers.  

True (*)

False