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Oracle Database Appliance pros and cons

Vendor: Oracle
4.0 out of 5

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PROS

Easy management saves time in installation and patching.
NVM Express solid-state drives offer outstanding I/O performance.
Oracle Database Appliance is highly automated, minimizing human error.
It offers high stability and is specifically designed for Oracle databases.
Technical support is helpful and the initial setup is straightforward.

CONS

Oracle Database Appliance patching cycle is slower compared to regular patches.
Virtualization features and backup support in Oracle VM architecture need improvement.
The cost and licensing of Oracle Database Appliance are considered too high.
Scalability challenges exist, especially regarding hardware and storage without upgrades.
Technical support services and initial setup complexity require significant enhancement.
 

Oracle Database Appliance Pros review quotes

it_user431193 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer, Middleware/CRM/Billing at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
May 5, 2016
It has many valuable features, including High Availability and failover, which means you can have an all-ERP solution in one box, so you can use your database with your application server together.
it_user247422 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO/Architect at Viscosity North America
Jan 3, 2017
The biggest value that customers are seeing, is that it's easy to install, quick to deploy, and easy to consolidate platforms; as opposed to building an environment from scratch.
it_user515112 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle DBA at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 19, 2016
Offers easy deployment and setup.
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it_user685389 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jun 15, 2017
Scalability, high availability, easy installation, and good performance are the reasons to switch.
it_user687180 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Oracle DBA at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 19, 2017
Technical support was excellent.
it_user687198 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer with 51-200 employees
Jun 19, 2017
It is great to have a fully configured and tested HA environment for Oracle Database in two days.
it_user689523 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator
Jun 22, 2017
Easy management (it saves a lot of installation and patching time).
it_user689538 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 22, 2017
We value the appliance architecture with its “everything-in-a-box” highly standardized setup.
it_user689544 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database and Application Systems Expert at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jun 22, 2017
It has led to improved performance, it saves maintenance costs, increases stability and reliability and is a single vendor solution.
MR
Owner at a tech services company
Jun 27, 2017
In my opinion, if your organization is constantly evolving and looking for less infrastructure support/planning for virtualization, then this solution is a one-stop-shop and a nice product.
 

Oracle Database Appliance Cons review quotes

it_user431193 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer, Middleware/CRM/Billing at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
May 5, 2016
It takes too long to implement and Oracle should do something about it.
it_user247422 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO/Architect at Viscosity North America
Jan 3, 2017
It is unable to expand by much, because of the way the ODA configures when you have two nodes and X number of storage.
it_user515112 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle DBA at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 19, 2016
Patching cycles have many bugs that need to be addressed.
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it_user685389 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jun 15, 2017
I would like to see some improvement in the capacity.
it_user687180 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Oracle DBA at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 19, 2017
Storage expansion was not possible for ODA X2 so we frequently ran into storage limitations.
it_user687198 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer with 51-200 employees
Jun 19, 2017
It had a lot of bugs, especially with the old patch bundles.
it_user689523 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator
Jun 22, 2017
I would be happy to see the Oracle Auto Service Request (ASR) pre-installed in it instead of installing it in a separate machine.
it_user689538 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 22, 2017
In my opinion only one single command should be used for all ODA models, as it’s confusing.
it_user689544 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database and Application Systems Expert at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jun 22, 2017
Creating a VM on ODA could be improved.
MR
Owner at a tech services company
Jun 27, 2017
Customers cannot cluster multiple appliances together to create a larger cluster (beyond two servers), nor can they expand the internal disk storage of the system beyond two storage trays.