An outline presentation of what O-box Appliances offer, as given at the UKOUG Tech14 conference

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How to Rapidly Deploy SOA or WebCenter using O-box
Lonneke Dikmans & Simon Haslam
8 December 2014 • v1.2

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Meet us on Stand 43!
Lonneke Dikmans Strategic Advisor
Simon Haslam
Technical Director

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O-box IN A NUTSHELL

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What is O-box SOA Appliance? Simply: “Oracle SOA in-a-box”
Appliance so it follows ODA ethos: Just plug in power and network Easy and very quick to deploy Secure & Highly Available

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Rapid, Automated Deployment of SOA Suite!
Oracle Traffic Director
Oracle Database
Oracle WebLogic Suite
Oracle Appliance Manager
ODA X4-2
Oracle WebLogic
Configuration Utility
O-box
Manager
Oracle SOA Suite
Install used to be DIY – now fully automated by O-box

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ODA Provisioning
Physical
Virtual
Virtual with WebLogic
Re-image with Virtual image
Re-image with Virtual image
Run oakcli firstnet
Run oakcli firstnet
Run oakcli firstnet
Install End User Bundle
Install ODA Base
Install ODA Base
Run OAM
Run OAM
Run OAM
Install WLS & OTD templates
Run ODA WebLogic Config Utility
Transfer your data
Transfer your data
Transfer your data & deploy your applications

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The O-box “2 stick install”
configuration
Oracle
media
packs
O-box software
~2 hours per env.
later
Ready
to go!

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O-box COMMERCIAL OUTLINE

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Who is O-box Products? Joint venture, formed in 2013, by Veriton (UK) and Vennster (NL) Includes 3 Oracle ACE Directors (Middleware & SOA) Lonneke Dikmans Ronald van Luttikhuizen Simon Haslam Vennster (now eProseed NL) has strong track record in SOA & BPM Veriton has strong track record in Oracle Infrastructure design & deployment

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Fast Deployment | Process
Ready
to go!
Hardware
Oracle builds & ships
Install in rack
Configure
Online config.
Create sticks
Deploy
2 stick install
Start
1 Week
2 Weeks
< 3 Weeks!
Approx. 2h
per env.

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Total Cost of Ownership
Starter
license
ODA
O-box
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
alpha
small
small RAC
medium
large
O-box
ODA
license
Starter M1-1 M2-RAC L1-RAC L2-RAC

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O-box TECHNICAL OUTLINE

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How do I install SOA on ODA myself? (OOW)
Use WebLogic on ODA but need to consider… Disk space Packages Tuning FMW Infrastructure (12c) Shared Storage & more…
Or Do It Yourself OVM template… not really the ODA way!

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How O-box builds on ODA & SOA Best Practices Based on Oracle developed ODA implementation of Database, WebLogic and Traffic Director Follows Oracle’s Enterprise Deployment Guides Includes insight and experiences gained from taking several SOA projects from design to production

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Multiple envs. on single ODA
Admin Server
Oracle Traffic Director
Oracle Traffic Director
Node 1/2
OTD Admin Server
Public network, e.g. 10.1.1.0/24
ODA internal 10GbE network 192.168.16.0/24
Managed Server
WLS_SOA1
Managed Server
WLS_SOA2
7001
7002
7001
secure
insecure
7002
7001
7002
7001
7001
7001
80
https://<friendly-vip-name>
8998
via internal network
via internal network
8998
8998
443
ODA Base 1
ODA Base 2
only
443
O-box
Manager
443

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Fully up to date! 
All October PSU/CPUs Java 7 Update 71 WebLogic 10.3.6.0.9 SOA Suite 11.1.1.7.5 OSB 11.1.1.7.3
O-box offers optional Updates Service This is in addition to Oracle Support NOT a replacement
All October PSU/CPUs Java 7 Update 71 WebLogic 12.1.3.1.0 SOA Suite/OSB 12.1.3.0.0

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Bryan
Portal Wire-frames | e.g. Certificates

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O-box Demo
Shows SOA Provisioning from end of ODA WLS config
Elapsed time < 45 minutes
Shows EM Fusion Middleware Control & SOA infra

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ODA versus Exadata
ODA
Exadata (1/8 rack)
Exadata (full rack)
2 database servers
8 database servers
48 cores
24 cores
192 cores
512 GB RAM
1024 GB RAM
4096 GB RAM
No storage servers
24 disks (or 48 disks)
3 storage servers
18 disks
14 storage servers 168 disks
10 GbE interconnect
InfiniBand interconnect & RDMA
Database + optionally apps
Database only
(use Exalogic for apps)
$60K US
(+ $40K for extra storage array)
$220K US
$1,1M US
X4-2 models as of June 14

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New Product Launch!

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WebCenter Content Document Management in a “all in one system” 6-18TB of available document storage Has the O-box Appliance characteristics of rapid provisioning & ease of updates

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Wrap-up

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How O-box Enhances Both ODA & SOA Offerings O-box is the perfect “in a box” ODA use case
“Packaged up” SOA makes it more product-like Helps overcome SOA installation complexity challenges
O-box builds on the ODA philosophy of simple management Running latest patch-sets reduces support costs & increases security
 O-box dramatically simplifies SOA infra implementation

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Cloud*** versus Appliance versus DIY
0
50
100
Control
Patching
Support
Security
Privacy**
Cost*
Cloud
Appliance
DIY
*Cost depends on the size of your organization
** in case of a public cloud
***Public or private cloud

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Customer Benefits
Simple “2 stick” install From first boot to a running SOA-infra in only a few hours
Fully documented Minimal training and consultancy required
Reduced risk and cost No trial and error required
Complete No de-scoped areas, e.g. security
Standard architecture Conforms to Oracle SOA EDG
Appropriate mix of memory & cores between components Tuned to suit ODA

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Why choose an O-box appliance?
Deploy SOA Suite, or WebCenter Content, very quickly A few hours, not weeks
Best practices baked in Easier to support, secure & scalable
Tried and tested Install & patches are pre-tested on ODA, reducing time & risk
Product not a project Allows you to focus your resources on applications not infra

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Any questions? Thank you for listening!
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