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:
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Doubles the disk capacity of the pervious Exadata machines, up to 1344 TB per rack
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Provides more storage for scaling out your existing databases and data warehouses
Requirements for using 8 TB high capacity disks:
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Exadata 12.1.2.1.2 or higher
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Grid Infrastructure home requires one of the following:
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12.1.0.2.11 or higher BP
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12.1.0.2.10 or lower BP plus the following patches: 21281532, 21099555, and 20904530
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11.2.0.4.18 or higher BP
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11.2.0.4.17 or lower BP plus patch 21099555
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11.2.0.3 plus patch 21099555
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