This white paper shows how EMC IT migrated its Oracle 11i CRM E-Business Suite database servers from a Sun E25K/Solaris infrastructure to Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) platform. In addition, it highlights the methodology developed by IT while migrating the database from RISC/SPARC to the target UCS (Intel and Linux) platform.
The migration creates a “bridge” for EMC to move from a legacy platform to an open platform that will enable and accelerate the following:
* The ability to get to an open and scalable computing platform UCS (x86). This gives EMC IT a platform to commence its journey to the private cloud.
* A working, documented EMC IT procedure to migrate EMC's 8 TB Oracle CRM E-Business Suite production database to an open platform (from Solaris/SPARC to Cisco's UCS/Linux/x86).
* Capex/opex savings of $5 million to $7 million in the following areas:
* Data centre environmental costs such as power, cooling, and floor space
* Software licences
* Software and hardware maintenance
* Support for the environment
The new Cisco UCS production infrastructure is up to 20 times better performing than the legacy Solaris platform, reducing end-user response times and batch runtimes by over 60%.
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