An enterprise database system may be running DSS, OLTP, or a mixed workload of both. This white paper concentrates on server consolidation for an Oracle database running OLTP workloads on legacy platforms. The goal of this study is to determine if a multi‐node Oracle RAC cluster can be replaced with a cluster consisting of fewer Dell PowerEdge 11G nodes (powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 Series), and still process the OLTP workload faster with less power consumption and lower Oracle RAC licensing fees. Read this white paper to learn more.