This document introduces the HPDA 100, a high performance database appliance built by the NGENSTOR Alliance. It has two server platforms using either a proprietary 4-core 6.3GHz CPU or Intel Xeon E5 CPUs. Networking uses 40GbE and storage interfaces provide up to 22.4TB of raw PCIe SSD storage or integration with external storage arrays. Specs list configurations with 16-72 CPU cores, 256GB-6TB memory, and 22.4TB of raw internal SSD storage. The document provides an overview of the hardware under the hood and specifications of the HPDA 100 high performance database appliance.

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HPDA 100 Anoucement
High Performance DatabaseAppliance
Efstathios Efstathiou
Chairman NGENSTOR Alliance

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Agenda
What is it?
Under the hood
Specs

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What is it?
Key Idea
• We have
• A strong DBA & HPC background
• Skills in building high speed storage server systems
• Gained knowledge & skills integrating with Oracle Exadata and
Oracle Database Appliance Systems
• A proprietary CPU optimized for high single thread performance
• So what should stop us from building a high speed Database
Appliance?

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Under the Hood
Server hardware
• Two platforms
1. Alpha MkIII
• DSA 500 Series with 4-Core 6.3 Ghz Chip
2. Intel Xeon E5 V3
• DSX 500 Series with 18-core
• DSX 100 Servies value memory nodes with 4-core Intel
Xeon E5 V2
• HP DL 380 G9 through reselling agreement
• Mixed Mode between DSA and DSX under vSMP is supported
• You can even combine ressources e.g. use DSA’s powerful cpu cores
and access remote memory in a DSX 100

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Under the Hood
Network
• I/O Bandwidth separation
• Network
• 40 Gbit Ethernet
• Chelsio T5 / Melannox (vSMP Mode)
• Direct-Attach Setup using QSFP+
• Storage
• PCIe over Cable using 128 Gbit Adapters (PCIe 3.0 x16)
• 40 Gbit Ethernet when integrating Hurricane Systems
• SAS 12gbit when using HP MSA all flash as secondary / tier 2
storage

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Under the Hood
Storage
• Pcie over Cable (FSA-200)
• Up to 32 Micron PCie SSD cards each delivering 785k IOPS@4k
• Up to 12.5 million IOPS@8k using 32 Micron cards
• Up to 512 Gbit bandwidth to the host
• Hurricane
• Up to 2.4 million IOPS@8k when using a 4-Node V100
• HP MSA
• Up to 960’000 IOPS@8k when using NGENSTOR certified SAS
SSD’s

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Specs
System Specs
• vSMP Mode with DSA 500
• 16 Alpha MkII Cores (8 licensable cores, if not using Oracle VM for
hard partitioning)
• 256 GB Memory
• 22.4 TB PCIe SSD Raw Storage
• vSMP Mode with DSX 500
• 72 Xeon E5 V3 Cores (36 licensable cores, if not using Oracle VM
for hard partitioning)
• 6 TB Memory
• 22.4 TB PCIe SSD Raw Storage
• vSMP Mode (mixed DSA500/DSX100/DSX500)
• combine as you like 

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Thank You!