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Oracle (News - Alert), a provider of advanced software and hardware solutions and services, recently announced that it is launching the latest version of its Exalytics appliance, which will enable enhanced and rapid data analysis. The solution features an extensive increase in memory and storage capacity as well.

The Exalytics In-Memory Machine X3-4 solution is equipped with 2TB of RAM (News - Alert) and 2.4TB of flash storage, offering approximately 5.4TB in hard disk storage. Unveiled last year, the first version of the device had been verified for interoperability with various integrated Oracle software products such as BI Foundation Suite, the TimesTen in-memory cache, Hyperion Essbase and Endeca Information Discovery. Its newly launched variant is no exception. All of the software solutions have been updated recently, said Paul Rodwick, vice president of product management for Oracle Business Intelligence.

X2-4, the previous version of Exalytics, featured 1TB of RAM and 3.6TB of raw disk, and the company had provided its customers with a flash expansion pack amounting to 2.4TB. Similarly, the new version is equipped with the same level of processing power offered by four 10-core processors in the rack. Customers using the X2-4 machines will also be allowed to increase the RAM capacity of their devices, Rodwick added. The official price schedule by Oracle states that while X2-4 was made available to the customers at a price of $135,000, X3-4 is priced at $175,000.

Oracle’s original engineered system, Exadata, is able to carry out both transactional and analytic workloads through the same device, and Exalytics machines work in seamless connection with it. Following the sales success of its previous engineered systems, the company is now eyeing potential customers who might be interested in purchasing this related solution.

Earlier this month, Oracle introduced Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, the third release of its enterprise cloud management console, which comes with new workflow capabilities and new connectors for managing additional Oracle products and systems.