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"The ELT versus ETL extract, transform and load versus extract, load, and then transform, the ELT method is what really sells SoftLayer.""The stability is the solution's most valuable aspect for our organization."

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"The backup is reliable and intuitive.""The interface is good.""Replication and performance tuning are valuable features.""The most valuable feature is the ability to perform encrypted backups after any learning.""It's a scalable product.""From the database perspective, Oracle is the best.""The product works very fast. It automates a lot of operations in the background.""Oracle Database Backup Service is an easy-to-use consolidation solution that's dashboard-driven."

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"For us, the versioning was an issue.""The interface is hard to use for us. It should be simplified."

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"The solution needs to add an archive function.""The product's technical support services need improvement in terms of response time.""Oracle Database Backup Service is not a cheap solution.""It's already fast, but still, they could improve the speed.""They should base their strategy according to the country and the regulations there, and focus more on the on-premises deployment.""Deployment is overly complex and could be streamlined.""We encounter issues while restoring differential and cumulative backups.""We cannot use the product with other brands."

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  • "It's an expensive solution and is an area that needs improvement."
  • "Price is always an area that could be made better, as it is quite expensive."
  • "On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate Oracle Database Backup Service a seven or eight out of ten."
  • "The platform is expensive."
  • "The platform is expensive."
  • "The only problem with Oracle is its pricing."
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    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is the ability to perform encrypted backups after any learning.
    Top Answer:The platform is expensive. The pricing depends on the number of CPUs. They have their standard equation method to calculate the cost.
    Top Answer:The solution needs to add an archive function.
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    Overview

    SoftLayer provides cloud infrastructure as a service from a growing number of data centers and network points of presence around the world. Our customers range from Web startups to global enterprises.

    Products and services include bare metal and virtual servers, networking, turnkey big data solutions, private cloud solutions, and more. Our unique advantages include the industry's first Network-Within-a-Network topology for true out-of-band access, and an easy-to-use customer portal and robust API for full remote-access of all product and service management options.

    Oracle Database Backup Service is a secure, scalable, on-demand solution for storing Oracle Database backups in Oracle Cloud.

    Oracle databases are backed up to Oracle Database Backup Service using the Oracle Database Cloud Backup Module. The module is available from Oracle Technology Network (OTN) and is tightly integrated with Recovery Manager (RMAN), so you can continue to use familiar RMAN commands for backup and restore operations.

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    Whogohost Ltd., Skypicker, Infinity Computers and Communications Company, Grace Co. Ltd., Keyword, Uvionics Tech, Tennis Australia, immixGroup, Salesbox, Cxense ASA, Avnet Inc., Komsomolskaya Pravda, Seekr
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    Midsize Enterprise22%
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    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    IBM SoftLayer is ranked 22nd in Public Cloud Storage Services while Oracle Database Backup Service is ranked 14th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 10 reviews. IBM SoftLayer is rated 8.6, while Oracle Database Backup Service is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM SoftLayer writes "Stable with excellent speed and agility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Database Backup Service writes "A backup solution for data storage and restoration with point-in-time recover". IBM SoftLayer is most compared with Amazon AWS, whereas Oracle Database Backup Service is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Wasabi.

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