New Capabilities for Oracle ZDLRA RA23-Z and Exadata X11M XT Storage Cells Customers

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23.09.2025

As data volumes grow at an unprecedented pace and cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, businesses today demand infrastructure solutions that combine performance, scalability, and the highest level of protection. Oracle continues to expand its innovation portfolio to help companies efficiently manage, store, and protect their data from risk.

Exadata X11M XT

Recently, Oracle introduced two major updates: Exadata X11M XT – the next generation of storage systems for Exadata X11M engineered systems, and the Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance RA23-Z – a storage system for continuous database protection, making Oracle's unique capabilities more accessible than ever. Both products are now available for order and can become key elements of any enterprise IT infrastructure.

Exadata X11M XT is a specialized storage system for Exadata engineered systems, designed for infrequently accessed data, while still maintaining high performance and delivering significant cost savings. It enables intelligent resource allocation within the Exascale architecture, supports extreme compression, and allows companies to significantly reduce infrastructure costs without compromising data access speed.

Updated Specifications:

1× modern AMD EPYC processor (32 cores)
2× 6.8 TB SSDs optimized for performance
12× 22 TB HDDs
Same architecture and capacity as X11M High Capacity, but with half the flash storage, half the cores, and no XRMEM

Key Advantages:

Intelligent Resource Allocation. XT enables servicing multiple database clusters simultaneously in the Exascale architecture
Scalability. Supports shared storage pools (HC, EF, XT) for various data workload scenarios
Extreme Compression. Hybrid Columnar Compression makes archiving large volumes highly efficient
Performance. Up to 600,000 IOPS for flash reads, 500,000 IOPS for flash writes, and up to 50 GB/s SQL scan throughput (with Exadata System Software license)

In summary, the Exadata X11M XT storage system offers companies new ways to optimize costs and build scalable data clusters within a unified, highly reliable environment.

Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance RA23-Z

Oracle has also introduced a new solution in the Recovery Appliance family – RA23-Z. This system makes continuous database protection technologies more affordable for companies while retaining the innovative capabilities of the earlier RA23 model.

Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance RA23-Z is a storage system designed for continuous data protection. It offers a lower price entry point, flexible scaling from small environments to full racks, and comprehensive ransomware protection – including zero data loss and rapid recovery.

Updated Specifications:

RA23-Z storage server: 6× 22 TB HDDs (compared to 12× 22 TB in RA23)
Base rack: 135 TB usable capacity
Full rack: 779 TB
Optimized for protecting up to 100 TB of database data
Base rack pricing is 30% lower than RA23

RA23-Z can be expanded with up to 17 additional storage servers per rack. This allows organizations to explore the benefits of ransomware protection technologies in smaller environments before scaling up to RA23 for larger deployments.

Key Features:

Zero Data Loss, even in the event of failures or attacks
Anomaly Detection in data without impacting performance
High Performance & Efficiency through continuous incremental backups
Rapid Recovery enabled by daily virtual full backups

RA23-Z enables organizations with smaller data volumes to enjoy all the benefits of the Recovery Appliance – from ransomware resilience to ultra-fast recovery – while optimizing their IT investments.

Together, Exadata X11M XT and Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance RA23-Z form a powerful combination for companies that need efficient handling of large data volumes and reliable, continuous protection of critical information. This marks a step forward in the evolution of the Oracle ecosystem, empowering businesses of all sizes to reduce costs while confidently building digital resilience strategies for the future.

Oracle remains committed to delivering technologies that combine performance, scalability, and comprehensive security for its partners and clients.

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