Glencore Enters New Era with Oracle Exadata
platforms and reporting databases . In fact , more than 200 different it solutions operate at Glencore on a daily basis , allowing for a dynamic decision making process when it comes to the company ’ s global distribution business . But one platform is turning the company into a data powerhouse .
Oracle Exadata – a database appliance with support for both transactional and analytical database systems – was incorporated by Glencore last year upon careful review and consideration .
“ We considered Oracle Exadata solutions before it gets fully certified on SAP ecc 6.0 , enabling a leading edge solution to support a major accounting program change , but certification was an essential prerequisite for our company ,” stated Sveto Putincanin , head of it engineering and operations at Glencore , in a report .
According to Oracle , Oracle Exadata ’ s architecture features scale-out industry-standard database servers , intelligent storage servers , and a high-speed InfiniBand internal fabric that connects all servers and storage .
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Upon acceptance of the system , Glencore began a complete roll-out of the platform , upgrading its global data warehouse environment to the new , SAP-based global financial solution with the Oracle Exadata Database Machine .
The roll-out program was completed in two phases : incorporation and deployment . The first deployment exceeded Glencore ’ s expectations as it harmonized with the current platforms Glencore had in place and increased performance almost instantaneously . Key complexity was visibly reduced , simplifying the operating system and removing administration from the equation . Oracle Exadata alone
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