5.1.2 Oracle VM Deployment Specifications and Limits

This topic describes the deployment specifications and limits for using Oracle VM on Oracle Exadata Database Machine.

Table 5-1 Oracle VM Deployment Specifications and Limits

Attribute	Value for X3-2	Value for X4-2	Value for X5-2	Value for X6-2	Value for X7-2	Value for X8-2
Maximum number of Oracle VM user domains on each database server	8	8	8	8	8	8
Total physical memory on each database server with Oracle VM	Default: 256 GB Maximum: 512 GB	Default: 256 GB Maximum: 512 GB	Default: 256 GB Maximum: 768 GB	Default: 256 GB Maximum: 768 GB	Default: 384 GB Maximum: 768 GB	Default: 384 GB Maximum: 768 GB
Total available memory on each database server for all Oracle VM user domains	Maximum: 464 GB	Maximum: 464 GB	Maximum: 720 GB	Maximum: 720 GB	Maximum: 720 GB	Maximum: 720 GB
Minimum memory limit for each Oracle VM user domain	16 GB	16 GB	16 GB	16 GB	16 GB	16 GB
Total CPU cores (vCPUs) on each database server	16 (32)	24 (48)	32 (64)	44 (88)	48 (96)	48 (96)
CPU core (vCPU) limits for each Oracle VM user domain Note: CPU over-provisioning is allowed but may cause performance conflicts.	Minimum: 2 (4) Maximum: 14 (28)	Minimum: 2 (4) Maximum: 22 (44)	Minimum: 2 (4) Maximum: 30 (60)	Minimum: 2 (4) Maximum: 42 (84)	Minimum: 2 (4) Maximum: 46 (92)	Minimum: 2 (4) Maximum: 46 (92)
Total usable disk storage for Oracle VM user domains on each database server	700 GB	1.6 TB	1.6 TB (3.7 TB with Storage Expansion Kit)	1.6 TB (3.7 TB with Storage Expansion Kit)	1.6 TB (3.7 TB with Storage Expansion Kit)	3.2 TB

Note:

1 CPU core = 1 OCPU = 2 vCPUs = 2 hyper-threads