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This guide describes how to design and implement a VMware-based virtualized Oracle Big Data SQL solution on a PowerFlex platform. It provides an overview of the architecture design of the entire stack, including the compute, network, and storage design. It describes best practices for deploying Oracle Big Data SQL on PowerFlex in a virtualized environment. It also showcases how to access data stores that are distributed across multiple data sources.
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