The Value of the Sun Oracle Database Machine
Why a Million IOPS Capable Platform is Relevant Even Without a Million IOPS Demand 
The Sun Oracle Database Machine is a million IOPS-capable platform. Why would a CIO consider it as a solution when a particular datacenter may not require so much I/O? Performance Architect in Oracle’s Systems Technology Group Kevin Closson gives reasons and applies these to what really goes on in real world production datacenters, touching on chaos, IOPS, latency and Flash.