2 Extending the Hardware

You can extend Oracle Exadata Database Machine by adding database servers and storage servers within a rack. You can also cable together multiple racks.

All new equipment receives a Customer Support Identifier (CSI). Any new equipment for your Oracle Exadata Rack has a new CSI. Contact Oracle Support Services to reconcile the new CSI with the existing Oracle Exadata Rack CSI. Have the original instance numbers or serial numbers available, as well as the new numbers when contacting Oracle Support Services.

• Extending an Eighth Rack
  
• Extending Elastic Configurations
  Oracle Exadata is available in Elastic Configurations that consist of a number of database and storage servers up to the capacity of the rack, as defined within Oracle Exadata Configuration Assistant (OECA).
• Extending a Rack by Adding Another Rack
  You can extend your Oracle Exadata Rack by adding another rack and configuring the racks together.