GBase 8s bridges the 'last mile' of IT application innovation, injecting acceleration into core system upgrades.

As the IT application innovation strategy deepens across all industries, the replacement of core systems with domestic alternatives still faces severe challenges: overcoming the technical bottlenecks of heterogeneous data migration while ensuring continuous, stable business operations. To address this pain point, GBASE's GBase 8s Database Appliance (GBase InfiniData V9) offers an integrated hardware-software solution, providing a new path for core system upgrades.

Three Flexible Configurations
From Provincial Projects to SMEs: Full-Scenario Adaptability

To meet the varied needs of organizations of different sizes, the GBase 8s Database Appliance offers high, medium, and low-tier configurations. All plans include 3-year hardware maintenance and 3-year standard software support, ensuring long-term stable operation:

Entry-Level: Ideal for Small and Medium-Sized Core Workloads

2 compute nodes (each node with 2 Hygon 7470 processors / 48 cores / 256GB memory / 2×480GB SSD) + 10TB SSD disk array, paired with 10GbE fiber switch + 42U rack, pre-installed with Kylin V10 OS, GBase 8s database and one GEM unified monitoring platform. Suited for regional businesses and SMEs.

Mid-Tier: For Medium-Scale Business Needs

Upgrades to 3 compute nodes + 20TB SSD storage, with OS and database licenses scaled to 3 each, catering to scenarios with higher storage and compute demands.

High-End: Designed for Large-Scale Core Systems

Configured with 4 compute nodes + 30TB SSD storage, 4 OS and 4 database instances, with a standardized hardware architecture, providing ample computing power and storage for large core systems.

Four Core Advantages
Precisely Solving the Pain Points of IT Innovation Transformation

Deployment & O&M 'Cost Reduction and Efficiency': Leaping From Weeks to Hours

Traditional database deployment requires complex processes such as hardware procurement, compatibility testing, software installation and debugging, often taking weeks.

The GBase 8s Database Appliance delivers a true out-of-the-box experience: from unboxing to database creation takes just a few hours. The built-in GEM unified monitoring platform provides real-time monitoring of compute node resources and database health, simplifying day-to-day operations and significantly reducing reliance on senior DBAs.

Integrated Software-Hardware 'Unleashing Performance': Effortless Handling of High-Concurrency Workloads

The appliance is not just a collection of hardware—it is deeply engineered for synergy: all-flash FC-SAN storage nodes deliver highly reliable I/O services, while nodes are interconnected via a dedicated 10GbE network, isolated from external interference, perfectly suited for high-concurrency business scenarios.

Full-Stack Redundancy 'Ensuring Availability': 24/7 Non-Stop Business Operations

The appliance employs full redundancy from basic components such as power supplies, fans, and network cards to core storage and compute node hardware. It integrates GBase 8s SSC (Shared-Storage Cluster) technology for data consistency and automatic failover, achieving RPO=0 (zero data loss) and RTO<3 seconds (rapid recovery). This ensures data integrity and business continuity.

Scale-Out 'Elastic Adaptability': No Worries About Business Growth

The appliance uses a scale-out architecture. When performance or capacity needs grow, compute nodes or storage units can be added online, linearly scaling system capacity with minimal business impact—no downtime worries—providing flexible support for long-term business growth.

Three Core Scenarios

Industry Core OLTP Systems: For scenarios demanding high concurrency, low latency, high IOPS, and strong data consistency—such as core banking, securities trading, and telecom billing—the appliance delivers extreme performance and stability, ensuring smooth operation even during peak loads;

IT Innovation Transformation for SOEs and Mid-to-Large Enterprises: Offers a turnkey service for organizations looking to reduce procurement and operational complexity and reliance on senior DBAs, freeing up IT team capacity;

Replacing Oracle Exadata with Homegrown DB: For users deeply invested in Oracle and needing to control migration costs, the appliance offers over 90% Oracle compatibility and SSC technology comparable to Oracle RAC, making it a prime choice for replacing Oracle Exadata with a domestic database.

Benchmark Practice:
Southwest China Power Grid’s 'Domestic Replacement Breakthrough'—Provincial Core System Go-Live in 3 Months

As the province-wide electricity metering hub, the utility’s requirements were extremely challenging: it had to cover six automated verification lines for single-phase/three-phase meters, transformers, etc., while supporting 11 major business categories including metering production scheduling, distribution management, and full lifecycle monitoring. This placed high demands on domestic replacement depth, data migration capability, and business responsiveness.

From project kickoff in March 2024 to final acceptance in January 2025, GBase 8s Database Appliance handled the core tasks throughout, delivering impressive results:

Smooth Migration: Completed migration of 300,000 lines of PL/SQL code (including 130 stored procedures/functions and 140 packages), along with 2,000 business tables and 1,000 views, overcoming the core difficulties of migrating legacy systems to domestic databases;

Comprehensive Business Coverage: All 11 business categories and 173 functional items passed validation, with thorough coverage across 8 dimensions from process description to business forms, fully meeting the high-precision requirements of provincial metrology verification;

Record Deployment Speed: From launch to pilot production in just over 3 months (June 2024), setting a new benchmark for the speed of provincial core system domestic replacement projects.

These results validate the suitability and reliability of the GBase 8s Database Appliance in large core systems, offering a replicable implementation model for similar scenarios.

From the successful delivery of the Southwest power grid project to breakthroughs in core system localization across more industries, GBase 8s—with its deep software-hardware integration, rapid deployment, and elastic scalability—is emerging as a key infrastructure for IT innovation transformation. Whether for large-scale core system replacements or lightweight modernization of small and medium-sized operations, the solution provides efficiency, stability, and control, helping enterprises transition to the next stage of digitalization securely and smoothly.