We use it for replication from operational to informational services. In our DR plan, it’s not a matter of variability or improving RPO.
We are heavily involved with GitHub for managing repositories, automatic deployments, and inner source projects.
Support could be improved. They lack knowledge.
I have been using Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service for two years. We have been using Oracle for over ten years.
We have been using Terraform and various methods to scale Oracle services efficiently, making it easier to scale in and out as needed.
I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.
The initial setup is straightforward. We have former people who found it easy to deploy.
We use automated deployment tools based on Ansible and Terraform to interact with the OCI API. Once everything is ready, the deployment process can be completed within a few hours.
Two engineers were directly involved in the deployment. It provides better deployment methods.
Our specific agreement offers us more favorable pricing compared to new customers. We wanted to integrate with Kafka and other services, but our specific agreement did not include a license.
I rate the product’s pricing as five out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.
We move operational data to informational repositories to capture real-time data produced operationally. On the informational side, we manipulate, manage, and pass on the data to reporting services, APIs, and other endpoints.
We also have strong integration with all our operational services. Currently, we primarily use relational database integrations, which simplifies our processes.
We have a specific agreement with Oracle, which offers significant benefits compared to other providers. We are exploring ways to facilitate and accelerate deployment through infrastructure as code, which should enhance scalability. While Oracle might not be the strongest in this area compared to others, overall, our experience with Oracle GoldenGate has been positive. The pricing benefits and the business cases we are developing make our position favorable compared to alternatives.
Patch and update management has been a significant challenge for us over the past few years. Additionally, Oracle GoldenGate's monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities need improvement. The service operates on Kubernetes or Docker containers, and we lack visibility into what's happening within the system.
Overall, I rate the solution as seven out of ten.