Your customer does not think that offload processing will give them any advantage, since they are
using only packaged applications. How do you address this issue?
A.
You don’t – this customer is not appropriate for the Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Move
on.
B.
You explain that offload processing works the same SQL in packaged applications as it does in
ad hoc queries.
C.
You explain that they can use stored plans to for packaged applications to modify the SQL so
that it can perform well with the Oracle Exadata Database Machine.
D.
You try to get them to understand the benefits provided for data warehousing on the same data.
Explanation:
Exadata storage is totally transparent to the application using the database. Existing SQL
statements, whether ad hoc or in packaged or custom applications, are unaffected and do
not require any modificationwhen Exadata storage is used. The offload processing and
bandwidth advantages of the solution are delivered without any modification to your
application. And all features of the Oracle Database are fully supported with Exadata.
http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/datawarehousing/039572.pdf