Paper Title: Persistent Memory: Revolutionizing the Modern Database

Paper Abstract: New technologies such as Persistent Memory and PCIe NVMe flash open many new possibilities for modern databases. A carefully architected shared Persistent Memory and PCIe NVME flash bases system can deliver close to memory performance and scale up to hundreds of terabytes in capacity. This session offers an inside view of how Oracle Exadata embraces these new technologies in its architecture and couples it with software to deliver DRAM-level performance with increased availability and massive capacity. The session explores in detail the unique innovations that Exadata offers to maximize database performance while maintaining transactional consistency and high availability.

Paper Author: Gurmeet Goindi, Group Product Manager, Google

Author Bio: Gurmeet Goindi is Master Product Manager in Oracle Database’s Systems Technology org. Gurmeet is currently responsible for Exadata Database Machine, hardware and software roadmap and also Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance’s hardware roadmap. Gurmeet is also an evangelist for innovations Oracle is bringing in application aware storage and flash arena and has presented Oracle’s vision at various industry forums and various Oracle User Groups. Gurmeet has been working in Silicon Valley for last 19 years in various engineering, management and product management roles. Gurmeet has a Bachelors of Engineering in Electronics and an MBA from University of Chicago - Booth School of Business.