Copyright © 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Univ. of Minnesota: DBaaS Business Objectives • Eliminate server proliferation • Provide consistent service levels • Free up redundant administrators • Standardize roles and permissions Solution • Consolidate 40 DB servers onto 2 Exadata X2-2 Half-Racks • Create a standard Schema-as-a-Service with 150+ schemas in 8 databases, serving all departments Benefits Server Consolidation Standardized Configurations 40 servers ? 2 Exadata “We consolidated dozens of database servers onto Exadata and freed up many of our admins for more strategic tasks. Standardizing our database services and configurations has yielded benefits across many dimensions.” - Andy Wattenhofer, Database Administration Manager, Un

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