10.3.1 8 TB Hard Disk Support

In this software release, Exadata storage server supports 8 TB high capacity disks. Supporting 8 TB high capacity disks has the following advantages:

  • Doubles the disk capacity of the pervious Exadata machines, up to 1344 TB per rack

  • Provides more storage for scaling out your existing databases and data warehouses

Requirements for using 8 TB high capacity disks:

  • Exadata 12.1.2.1.2 or higher

  • Grid Infrastructure home requires one of the following:

    • 12.1.0.2.11 or higher BP

    • 12.1.0.2.10 or lower BP plus the following patches: 21281532, 21099555, and 20904530

    • 11.2.0.4.18 or higher BP

    • 11.2.0.4.17 or lower BP plus patch 21099555

    • 11.2.0.3 plus patch 21099555