"Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) for Oracle Database, Exadata and the Cloud" was first presented during Oracle Open World (OOW) 2019. This version of the deck has been updated for OOW London 2020 including the latest information regarding patching and upgrading the Oracle Database with Zero Downtime.

1. Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA)
for Oracle Database, Exadata and the Cloud
Markus Michalewicz
Senior Director of Database HA & Scalability Product Management
@KnownAsMarkus
http://www.linkedin.com/in/markusmichalewicz
http://www.slideshare.net/MarkusMichalewicz
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3. For Oracle Customers wanting to
improve their system availability
to reduce costs caused by
downtime.
For non-Oracle Customers to get
an idea what failure scenarios
need to be covered and how
Oracle can help.
For Application Developers to
understand which failure
scenarios should be tackled by
the application.
Oracle MAA is for Everybody!

4. Provide the best HA, Disaster Recovery
and data protection solutions for the
Oracle Database – all active versions
Continue to enhance validated
Maximum Availability Architecture
(MAA) solutions
Your success is truly our success!!!
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5. Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA)
Reference
Architectures
Deployment Choices
HA Features,
Configurations &
Operational
Practices
Customer Insights &
Expert Recommendations
Production Site Replicated Site
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Replication
Data Protection
Flashback RMAN + ZDLRA
Continuous Availability
Application
Continuity
Global Data
Services
Generic
Systems
Engineered
Systems
DBCS
ExaCS/ExaCC
Autonomous DB
Active Replication
Active Data Guard GoldenGate
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Scale Out
RAC ShardingASM
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6. MAA Solutions: On-Premises to Cloud
On-Premises
On-Premises Exadata and Recovery
Appliance
DBCS/ExaCS/ExaCC
Autonomous Database
MAA Reference Architectures and
Best Practices
MAA integrated Engineered Systems
(config practices, exachk, lowest
brownouts, HA QoS, data protection)
Adding MAA Config and Life Cycle
Operations, Shifting Admin Ownership
to Oracle with MAA SLAs
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7. Top Pain Points
34%
30%
23%
7%
3% 3%
Upgrades
Patching
High Availability
Cloud Migration
Application Tier
Backup and Recovery
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MAA addresses
these pain points!
Top Customer Pain Points

8. Oracle MAA Reference Architectures
Align Oracle Capabilities with Customer Service Level Requirements
Mission Critical
Silver +
- Physical Replication
- Comprehensive Data Protection
GOLD
Dev, Test, Prod
- Single Instance with Restart
- Online Maintenance
- Validated Backup/Restore
BRONZE
Extreme Critical
Gold +
- Logical Replication
- Active/Active
- Advanced HA Options
PLATINUM
Business Critical
SILVER
Bronze +
- Database HA
- Oracle RAC / Clustering
- Application Continuity
Used by most
MAA customers

9. BRONZE
Features
Multitenant Online Operations ZDLRA
RMAN ASM Flashback Clusterware
Optional
Basis

10. Outage Matrix
Unplanned Outage RTO / RPO*
Recoverable failures Minutes to hour
Site Disasters or Corruptions Hours to days. RPO since last backup.
RPO near zero with ZDLRA
BRONZE
Planned Maintenance RTO/RPO*
Software/hardware updates Minutes to hour
Database upgrades Minutes to hour
Dev, Test, Prod - Single Instance Multitenant (CDB) or non-CDB Database with Backups
On-Premises
*RPO=0 unless explicitly stated
Single
Instance or
Multitenant
Database
Primary Datacenter Secondary Datacenter
Local Backup Replicated Backups

11. Outage Matrix
Unplanned Outage RTO / RPO*
Recoverable failures Minutes to hour
Site Disasters or Corruptions Hours to days. RPO since last backup.
BRONZE
Planned Maintenance RTO/RPO*
Software/hardware updates Minutes to hour
Database upgrades Minutes to hour
Dev, Test, Prod - Single Instance Multitenant (CDB) or non-CDB Database with Backups
Cloud
*RPO=0 unless explicitly stated
Single
Instance or
Multitenant
Database
DBCS
Primary Availability Domain Secondary Availability Domain
Cloud Backup Replicated Backups

12. SILVER
Features
Basis
BRONZE +
RAC
Application
Continuity
Optional
ZDLRA

13. Outage Matrix
Business Critical – Active Active Database Clustering
SILVER
RAC Database
Primary Datacenter Secondary Datacenter
Local Backup Replicated Backups
Unplanned Outage RTO / RPO*
Recoverable failures Seconds
Site Disasters or Corruptions Hours to days. RPO since last backup
Planned Maintenance RTO/RPO*
Software/hardware updates Zero**
Database upgrades Minutes to hour
On-Premises /
Exadata
*RPO=0 unless explicitly stated
**To achieve Zero follow Application Checklist

14. Outage Matrix
Business Critical – Active Active Database Clustering
SILVER
Unplanned Outage RTO / RPO*
Recoverable failures Seconds
Site Disasters or Corruptions Hours to days. RPO since last backup
Planned Maintenance RTO/RPO*
Software/hardware updates Zero**
Database upgrades Minutes to hour
Cloud
*RPO=0 unless explicitly stated
**To achieve Zero follow Application Checklist
RAC Database
ExaCC/ExaCS
Primary Availability Domain Secondary Availability Domain
Cloud Backup Replicated Backups

15. GOLD
Features
SILVER +
Active Data Guard
Basis
Optional
Multiple Standby
Databases
Site Guard

16. Outage Matrix
Mission Critical - Physical Replication, Zero Data Loss, Fast Failovers
GOLD
Primary Region Secondary Region
Local
backupRemote StandbyPrimaryLocal Standby
Local
backup
Unplanned Outage RTO / RPO*
Recoverable failures Seconds
Site Disasters or Corruptions Seconds. RPO Zero or Seconds
Planned Maintenance RTO/RPO*
Software/hardware updates Zero
Database upgrades Seconds
On-Premises /
Exadata
*RPO=0 unless explicitly stated
DC2 DC1 DC1

17. Outage Matrix
Mission Critical - Physical Replication, Zero Data Loss, Fast Failovers
GOLD
Primary Region Secondary Region
Local
backupRemote StandbyPrimaryLocal Standby
Local
backup
Unplanned Outage RTO / RPO*
Recoverable failures Seconds
Site Disasters or Corruptions Seconds. RPO Zero or Seconds
Planned Maintenance RTO/RPO*
Software/hardware updates Zero
Database upgrades Seconds
Cloud
*RPO=0 unless explicitly stated
AD2 AD1 AD1

18. Top Pain Points
34%
30%
23%
7%
3% 3%
Upgrades
Patching
High Availability
Cloud Migration
Application Tier
Backup and Recovery
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MAA GOLD addresses
these pain points!
Top Customer Pain Points

19. Fleet Patching & Provisioning (FPP)
Local target Connected Targets 11.2,
12.1, 12.2, 18c, 19c
FPP Server
Gold Image
Repository
11.2.0.4
12.1.0.2
12.2.0.1
18
Simple
Enables mass operations on 1000s of nodes
Prevents errors, enable easy corrections
Ship only once / Subscriber base
Target Operations Aware
19
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20. Zero Downtime Upgrade (ZDU)
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Enterprise Edition (EE)
Active Data Guard and
GoldenGate
Enterprise Edition (EE)Fully Automated Workflow Enterprise Edition (EE)Robust, Fast & Space Efficient
Clone
Switch Over
Upgrade
Switch Back
• Fast cloning with Snapshots
for databases on ACFS
• Full Database copy also
supported
Robust
• Resume-able after failures
• Revertible for fast rollback /
fall back.
Fast & Space Efficient
Sync Up
• Automatic setup/teardown
and configuration of Active
Data Guard (Transient
Logical Standby) or
GoldenGate
• Works from 11.2.0.4

21. PLATINUM
Features
Basis
GOLD +
GoldenGate
Optional
Oracle EBR
Sharding
Alternative
Global Data
Services

22. MAA Key Features
• AC allows continuous
application failover
• Online merge/modify
partitioned table
• Sharding supports PDB, RAC
and Mid-tier
• DG multi instance redo apply
supports block change tracking
on standby
• ADG DML Redirect
• Transparent Application
Continuity TAC
• DG multi instance redo apply
supports In Memory
• Tune DG FSFO in Observer mode
• FPP orchestrates zero downtime
Grid Infrastructure Patching
• OGG Hub and Microservices
supported
• FPP Oracle GI SwitchHome
• RAC Buffer Cache RDMA-Read
• RAC Fault Tolerant Cache Fusion
• Federated Shards
• Sharding deployment automation
through Terraform
• Sharding Advisor
18c 19c 20c

23. Thank you!
Markus Michalewicz (Markus.Michalewicz@oracle.com)
Senior Director of Database Product Management
@KnownAsMarkus
www.linkedin.com/in/markusmichalewicz
www.slideshare.net/MarkusMichalewicz