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An Alternative to Exadata for Large Scale Enterprise Applications

Prepared by:Cliff BurgessDirector of Information TechnologyGentex Corporation

Gentex Corporation’s Journey to an “End-state” Architecture

Session ID#: 13895

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What a Long, Strange Trip Its Been

■ Joined Gentex as IT Dir. in June of 2012■ 12 yrs. Oracle Applications Pre-sales

▪ North-central, Midwest Region SC Manager▪ Commercial Accounts for ERP Applications▪ Solution Architect for Industrial & Automotive Accounts

■ Prior to Joining Oracle▪ European IT Manager▪ Led Implementations

— Oracle EBS (10.7)— QAD— Hyperion

■ CPA, Internal Audit and International/Operational Accountant

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Gentex Corporation(GNTX): Overview■ Products

▪ Interior and exterior automatic- dimming rearview mirrors, and cameras/sensors and electronic features/displays

▪ Commercial fire protection products, including smoke detectors, alarms and signaling devices

▪ Dimmable aircraft windows■ Enterprise Applications Footprint

▪ Oracle ERP 12.0.6— Finance, Procurement, Manufacturing, WMS & BI— Decentralized Value Chain Planning: ASCP, APCC, IO & Demantra

– This tertiary sub-bullet will be seldom used, but available▪ Custom MES & PLM

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Gentex Corporation’s Journey to “End-state” Architecture

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Agenda

■ Decision Making Process■ Journey to “End-state” Architecture

▪ Efforts to Improve Performance & Stability▪ Hardware & Storage Upgrade: Prototype▪ Hardware & Storage Upgrade: End-state▪ Ongoing Efforts to Optimize

■ Performance & Benchmarking APS■ Summary■ Q&A

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CPU 8 Per BoxClock speed 3.0 GhzTotal Cluster CPU 16

RAMMax Capacity 32 GBInstalled 32 GBTotal Cluster RAM 64

DatabaseRAC 11gR1DB Version 11.1.0.7

Original Infrastructure

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Engineered Systems vs. Commodity Hardware

■ Benefits▪ Improved Manageability▪ Improved Performance

■ Issues▪ Lack of Knowledge & Skill▪ Incremental Cost

— ¼ Rack Increments— Software— Advanced Options

▪ Only Resolves DB Infrastructure

■ Benefits▪ Known Infrastructure▪ Lower Initial Cost▪ Supports Entire “Stack”

■ Issues▪ Multiple Vendors &

Manageability▪ Cost to Obtain

Performance▪ Complexity of License

Management

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DB CPU 16 Per BoxClock speed 3.3 GhzTotal Cluster CPU 32

DB RAMMax Capacity 256 GBInstalled 160 GBTotal Cluster RAM 320


Prototype Infrastructure

■ Focus on Increase in RAM and CPU Speed■ Virtualized Apps Tier and Segmented PROD I/O■ Improved DB Maintenance & Performance

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DB CPU 8 Per Box Clock speed 3.3 GhzTotal Cluster CPU 24

DB RAMMax Capacity Per Box 256 GBInstalled 160 GB Per BoxTotal Cluster RAM 768GB


“End-state” Infrastructure

■ Improved RAC Configuration■ 1,100% increase in RAM with only a 50% increase in CPUs■ Physical DB Tier. All else is Virtual.■ Licensing Complexity with Virtualization.

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• Secondary Data Center for Disaster Recovery

• Oracle Active Data Guard for Replication

• Off-load Traffic From Production• Backup• Business Intelligence

“End-state” Infrastructure (continued)

■ (DR) Minimal Configuration to Support Operations■ Provides DR Capabilities but Supports Daily Operations■ Reduce Load on PROD infrastructure

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Ongoing Efforts to Sustain Performance■ Oracle EBS Purge Portal■ Strict “Code Review” Process■ Improved Monitoring via Oracle

Enterprise Manager (OEM)■ DBA Time Dedicated to AWR

Review & Corrective Actions■ Focus on Routine DB

Maintenance■ Continuous Improvement Project

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• Material Based Planner (MBP) would consume 100% of Available Memory.

• Process could force need for a hard re-boot of the server.

• MBP is basically a concurrent process.• ASCP is data driven and plan run-times

are very dependent on run-time parameters.

• Long plan run-times have a negative impact on the business

• Forms & Reports shared same host with MBP causing poor user experience.

• Over-provisioning of host resources creates performance issues.

Performance & Benchmarking APSBeforeAfter

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Summary

■ Leverage virtualization to Isolate Processes and Maximize Utilization of Resources.

■ Invest in Memory, Fast CPUs and Architecture to Minimize Investment in Software.

■ Understand License Impact on All Decisions■ Focus DBAs on Performance & Maintenance ■ Leverage Performance Lab to Test Emerging Technologies

▪ Solid-state Storage▪ I/O Tuning▪ Network Configuration▪ Processor Upgrades

Build Test Measure Deploy

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Thank You for Your Attention

Q & A

Cliff BurgessDirector of Information TechnologyGentex [email protected]

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