One of the major new features in the Dell/EMC CX4 family of arrays is the availability of enterprise flash drives (EFD). The CX4 series is one of the first midrange arrays with support for this emerging generation of data storage device. With this capability, Dell/EMC creates a new ultra-performing Tier storage that helps remove the performance limitations of magnetic disk drives. By combining enterprise-class flash drives and advanced Dell/EMC functionality, organizations now have a new tier of storage previously unavailable in a midrange storage platform.

This white paper examines the performance considerations of placing Oracle Databases on enterprise flash drives versus conventional hard disk drives, as well as discusses the best practices for placing partial database contain-ers on flash drives.