During the maintenance window for MySQL DB systems, the system typically performs activities such as patching the MySQL server itself along with any underlying hardware, and patching the underlying operating system of the MySQL database. These activities ensure that both the database software and the operating system are kept up-to-date and secure.
For an Exadata Database Service with six Database Compute Servers, each server would typically require two IP addresses, one for each network interface. Therefore, the total number of IPs needed would be 6 servers * 2 IPs = 12 IPs.
Exadata Snapshots utilize the Exadata SPARSE disk group to store the sparse files that contain only the changed blocks. Multiple users can create independent Exadata Snapshots from the same test master, which is a full Read-Only clone of the source database. Additionally, before creating Exadata Snapshots from the test master, you can modify the data in the test master if required.