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When positioning the Sun Oracle Database Machine against a Sun Solaris or other Sun Server, it is important to emphasize the benefits of custom servers and storage over commodity components.

  1. True

  2. False

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Exadata emphasizes commodity hardware (industry-standard servers and storage components) differentiated by intelligent software innovations like Smart Scan, Hybrid Columnar Compression, and Smart Flash Cache. The positioning message is about software excellence on commodity components, NOT custom hardware.