Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Serve your business confidently and help it grow with Oracle RDBMS.
Pros and Cons
- "Oracle database offers one of the industry's best diagnostic infrastructure that enables expert DBA to know exactly how system behaves under different workload, thus able to proactively prevent any performance bottlenecks or quickly respond to exceptional situation or even be able to predict future performance."
- "We also have SQL Server databases serving many small-medium scale applications. And they perform better as well."
What is most valuable?
From a business stand point, the ability to go to market, compliance and business enabling is what matters most. Oracle database has rich functionalities that helped us design a system that meets our business' changing needs. However I was responsible for maintaining service levels. My focus was on how to provide consistent response time and the throughput amidst changing business needs and growing data. Oracle database offers one of the industry's best diagnostic infrastructure that enables expert DBA to know exactly how system behaves under different workload, thus able to proactively prevent any performance bottlenecks or quickly respond to exceptional situation or even be able to predict future performance.
How has it helped my organization?
Databases are usually unknown to business users. The business users draw value by using the system to operate the business processes and making the decision at various stages. Businesses do not expect exceptions in their daily routine from a computerized system. Having said that, consistently performing systems enables businesses to serve the customer in consistent manner.
What needs improvement?
Today we do lots of database consolidations, which means multiple applications reside in the same physical databases using one or more schema. I would like to see some seamless feature to simply drag and drop all the objects belong to one application from one database to another database.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used Oracle database releases from 8i to 11g since 2001. We used it primarily as a database component of Oracle Application 11i. Subsequently we continue to expand the usage to many new application systems including business intelligence and B2B applications.
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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
Oracle databases are the most reliable, accompanied by good documentation and support. We never encountered an issue during the deployment which was due to a product issue.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Any system goes through a phase of stabilizing which takes a fair amount of time. Fortunately, with Oracle database, this time has reduced significantly.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Not in our line of business.
How are customer service and support?
Since 2001, I have enjoyed reliable service from Oracle Support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We always used Oracle Database. We also have SQL Server databases serving many small-medium scale applications. And they perform better as well. In my experience, SQL server databases offers stable database environment. It is easy to use and quick to learn for new DBAs with same windows UI.
How was the initial setup?
Initial setup was certainly complex, specifically from the application standpoint. We had deployed many new modules that Oracle Application 11i offered in their version 11.5.4. These products had significant impact on database performance. There were also many customizations in the application system. It took us almost 6 months to establish consistently performing system environment.
What about the implementation team?
In Singapore we implemented through Oracle Consulting. They are one of the best in the industry with a huge amount of dedication.
What other advice do I have?
Oracle database is one of the best database systems with largest population of experts around helping the global communities. Hence the knowledgebase is rich and vast. However, workout a strong business case in order to get it approved by the sponsor. As a technology expert, IT function needs clear strategy while selecting one product over another.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Database Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
A powerful Relational Database Management System that offers a large feature set
Pros and Cons
- "Oracle is a powerful relational database management system that ensures high level security, consistency and data concurrency."
- "Due to its high cost, oracle is not the first priority for the organizations having budget constraints."
Valuable Features:
• Oracle ensures high level security by performing each transaction in isolation from others. The database management as well as user management of oracle is very effective
• Provides data consistency as well as data concurrency.
• Oracle database guarantees that the data returned by a single query is committed and consistent with respect to a single point in time.
• Supports very large size databases. So it is very beneficial for multinational organizations having billion of records.
• Oracle database ensures high level availability by providing solutions for fixing problems rapidly and minimize both planned and unplanned downtime. These solutions help enterprises maintain business continuity 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Room for Improvement:
• Due to its high cost, oracle is not the first priority for the organizations having budget constraints.
• A full time oracle Administration staff is always needed for the complex configuration of oracle.
• After installation, oracle drains lot of memory causing slow performance of system
• Oracle is not popular with open source code. MYSQL is a better option.
Other Advice:
Oracle is a powerful relational database management system that ensures high level security, consistency and data concurrency. Oracle architecture is split between the logical design and the physical design. This structure means that for large-scale distributed computing, the data location seems local and transparent to the user, allowing for a more modular physical structure that can be added to and altered without affecting the activity of the database, its data, or users. The sharing of resources in this way allows for very flexible data networks whose capacity can be adjusted up or down to suit demand, without degradation of service. It also allows for a robust system to be devised as a single point failure can’t bring down the whole database across a network.
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Beware: Need to monitor disk space
One thing that is annoying is the need to monitor the disk space available. In Oracle, the DBMS can monitor the utilization of a data file(s) but when the data files become full, the DBMS cannot just add a new data file and continue. Everything comes to a deadly halt. This approach makes no sense because the solution is just to add a new data file. So all that Oracle has to provide for are the parameters we want for all data files that are added "automagically" and we do not then run into such deadly issues.
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We have a script which monitors space left based on what the user_segments reports as used. We have also started to use bigfIle tablespaces.
ECM, Archives and Digital Preservation Consultant at DataServe
A stable and scalable solution with high performance
Pros and Cons
- "Oracle Database is the best based on stability and high performance."
- "The solution could be cheaper."
What is our primary use case?
We use most of our projects with the government and private sector based on Microsoft SQL Server.
How has it helped my organization?
We have an e-correspondence solution leveraging both Microsoft SQL and Oracle databases. This solution utilizes Java on top of IBM cloud technology for business automation, ensuring security through Oracle and Microsoft Secure integration.
What is most valuable?
Many companies are transitioning from AME to Oracle Database due to competitive pricing. This shift is straightforward. Cost is a priority; they are trying to secure market share and ensure robust security measures.
What needs improvement?
The solution could be cheaper.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is much more stable than Microsoft.
I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. 1,000 users are using this solution.
I rate the solution’s scalability a nine out of ten.
What was our ROI?
Oracle Database offers rigidity and top performance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product is expensive.
What other advice do I have?
Oracle Database is the best based on stability and high performance.
I recommend this solution.
Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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