2.1.8 Flexible Resource Management Using Resource Profiles for Exascale Volumes

An Exascale resource profile is a named collection of resource limits and settings that controls how clients consume storage resources within an Exascale vault, including I/O bandwidth, flash cache space, and XRMEM cache space. Resource profiles simplify and standardize resource management by defining these settings once and applying them consistently to all associated clients. In most deployments, a small set of profiles is used to establish a resource hierarchy, with each client assigned to exactly one profile.

Before Oracle Exadata System Software release 26.1.0, administrators could associate Exascale resource profiles only with Oracle databases. Resource management for Exascale volumes and volume groups required separate configuration for each volume or volume group.

Starting with Oracle Exadata System Software release 26.1.0, administrators can also associate resource profiles with Exascale volumes and volume groups. This change aligns resource management across all clients that share an Exascale vault and enables consistent management of many Oracle databases, Exascale volumes, and volume groups.