Primarily OLTP but report is done against a combination of Materialized Views and transactional tables.
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What is Oracle Exadata?
Oracle Exadata allows enterprises to run any Oracle Database workload with the highest performance, scale, availability, and security on fully compatible cloud and on-premises infrastructure. Exadata uses a scale-out design with unique optimizations that include persistent memory, SQL query offload, and built-in resource management to optimize performance for OLTP, analytics, machine learning, and mixed workloads running in consolidated environments. By running hundreds or thousands of optimized Autonomous Database and Exadata Database instances on Exadata Cloud or Cloud@Customer infrastructure, customers are able to minimize their infrastructure, reduce management, improve developer productivity, and lower total costs by up to 40%, as described in Wikibon’s analysis (PDF).
The main benefit of Exadata is its speed. It hosts operating systems, CPU memory, and hard drives. It runs all types of databases, including online transaction systems, processors, and data warehouses, while remedying the poor performances of older databases.
Oracle Exadata features a simple and fast database storage system that protects and backs up your critical data. It accelerates data warehouse performance for faster access to business information and data. It is the ideal database solution for companies looking to build up their infrastructure from scratch.
Oracle Exadata Database Machine Key Benefits
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Rapid, reliable, and scalable deployment: Exadata is the most cost-efficient and highest performance platform for running Oracle databases. Exadata’s deployment is very straightforward since the database servers, storage servers, and network are pre-configured, pre-tuned and pre-tested by Oracle experts. This ensures that all your components work seamlessly together. Any Oracle Database application can be seamlessly migrated to and from the Exadata Database Machine, with no changes to the original application.
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Powerful, cutting-edge hardware: Exadata is the most versatile database platform. It uses powerful database servers and a scaled-out, intelligent storage layer.
Accelerate database processing: Exadata Storage Server implements a unique, highly efficient database-optimized storage infrastructure that enables Exadata’s unparalleled performance without any of the bottlenecks that traditional storage experiences. Each storage server contains CPU processors that are used to offload database processing. The CPUs in the storage servers do not replace database CPUs, but work alongside them to accelerate database workloads.
Reviews from Real Users
Oracle Exadata stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust performance and its wide variety of database features that make it a comprehensive database solution.
Adriano S., an IT system integrator at a financial services firm, writes, "Oracle Exadata's performance is one of its best features. We are very satisfied with it. The previous equipment used to make a payment for all the government employees used to take at least two days for some of the transactions. Now, it will take hours to make the same amount of payments. Another thing is the flexibility to organize all our databases. We can use it with new features that come with this version of Oracle 19c, which is the container database. With container databases, we can work with many databases, organized, and segregated, and still access the functions and management, the things that most of the technical people like to have in place."
Paulo X., a sales manager at LTA-RH Informatica, notes, "Regarding features, there are so many that we can offer to customers. When we sell Exadata Cloud, there are many options to choose from, especially when it comes to enterprise database options. In my experience, the main features that are appreciated are various ones like GPS and the assortment of security options."
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Senior Technical Director at AEM Corporation
Exadata can significantly improve performance but there's a learning curve in a few key areas.
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
We have a number of statistics collected before cutover on our legacy environment compared to Exadata. Without doing anything other than copying the data across, we saw significant performance gains for most key processes. We receive feedback from users stating how fast the performance is compared to other systems. Performance issues are few and far between. Our database environment is extremely stable compared to the legacy DB configuration. We upgraded from a X2-2 quarter rack to a X5-2 eighth rack and experienced significant performance gains. We recently performed another technology refresh to a X7-2 so obviously, we've been very pleased with the initial investment. For this deployment, we decided to virtualize the Exadata configuration, providing some additional flexibility to our operational environment.
What is most valuable?
We primarily run OLTP with some reporting. With that being said, the feature that provides us the most performance gains is the Smart Flash Cache for the OLTP databases. The "offloading" capabilities provide the biggest performance gains for Reporting such as smart scans and storage indexes. There is a new security feature which allows disabling ssh to the storage servers which will make my security folks very happy. Also, there is a STIG script for hardening storage servers and Database Nodes which can be implemented as a report only or actually implement security settings. Would advise running report first to assess the results and then manually modify, as needed.
What needs improvement?
My biggest gripe has been patches which has dramatically improved since our initial Exadata was delivered (January 2011). The only issues we periodically experience are with non-default RPMs on the database nodes. These may fail during the pre-req check which means opening a SR with support. This has become the exception, not the norm so overall not much to complain about. The X2-2 used to experience frequent disk failures but now, that is a thing of the past.
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For how long have I used the solution?
ten years
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There is redundancy built throughout the Exadata so even when we've experienced a disk failure, it's a very low stress situation. Early on we had some performance issues with DBFS and a node eviction problem. DBFS was resolved through a combination of settings changes and a quarterly patch. The node eviction was resolved through a one-off patch that eventually got rolled into a quarterly patch. I would chalk up these issues to being early adopters. We do have an occasional bug but I can't think of any that would be unique to Exadata with the database software. At least this provides some degree of comfort that Exadata is not the source of the issue.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The key for scalability is selecting the appropriate disk configuration and the proper size rack configuration. The two options are High Capacity and High Performance. If ever in doubt, always go with High Capacity. The performance difference is negligible at best, however having the extra space allows for more consolidation. That's the entire point of Exadata, to consolidate databases. We've added a few databases to the Exadata since we originally started to use the environment and there has been no performance impact. In our case, a Quarter rack was appropriate but for larger environments, this may not be enough.
How are customer service and support?
Customer Service:
In terms of overall Oracle customer service, we've had good experiences on this front. Oracle has provided us access to their experts and continually check to see how things are going. Whenever an issue comes up, they treat the problem seriously. Since we support a government customer, Oracle is extra motivated to ensuring we have a successful experience. Since 2011, there have been significant improvements with support. Occasionally we do hit issues which it seemingly takes support a longer period of time to provide a patch or workaround but these namely involve additional features, not core technology so it's a matter of exhibiting patience.
Technical Support:
On the hardware side, customer service is quite good. Any disk failures get replaced in a day and with triple redundancy for disk, it's not been a concern. Software customer service has improved over the years. Early on was a little rough as I will say the software wasn't fully mature. As the product has matured, so has the software support's capability to resolve issues more quickly. We can't take advantage of ASR, however this seems like a major improvement for customer service in terms of responsiveness.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We didn't switch, we were doing a technology refresh and went with Exadata instead of building out our own Oracle RAC configuration. We previously had a combination of Dell servers, Red Had Linux OS, Oracle Cluster File System on EMC Storage with Juniper switches. This configuration had lots of performance issues, node evictions, and constant headaches. Since moving to Exadata, all those pain points went away.
How was the initial setup?
There is a definite learning curve initially. We had to learn about migration options, shared mount point options, how to integrate with Cloud Control, patching, health check, how to optimize, and how to harden the Exadata environment. Since we went live, many more folks use Exadata so there's more how to's and best practice documents available so the learning curve isn't nearly as steep. We learned a lot in the process and now have a tremendous amount of expertise in setting up, configuring, optimizing and maintaining the Exadata.
What about the implementation team?
We implement Exadata in-house and have gone through several migration methodologies.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We had ACS perform the initial Startup Pack, however there are companies that can do this much cheaper to lower the original setup cost, such as ours. Day-to-day cost is greatly reduced compared to our legacy environment as we no longer have to serve as "fire fighters." In terms of pricing, Exadata is probably not going to be the lowest cost option. There is a price to pay for performance and stability. With that being said, I have not heard of any customers who have regretted the purchase and/or looking to get off the technology. On the contrary, I can't imagine going to another solution at this point and trying to justify this with the user community in terms of why the system performance degraded. Can't imagine that would go over too well.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We had a custom solution and evaluated Exadata versus the custom solution. Exadata was actually a cheaper solution due to the number of cores. Oracle software licenses are based on processor so if comparing a Quarter Rack versus a 4+ four node custom solution, Exadata may win out from this perspective. We were looking at a 5 node RAC which would have doubled the cost of our software licenses when compared to the equivalent with a Quarter rack of Exadata. Besides, the performance metrics indicated Exadata would easily outperform the custom solution which made our decision a no brainer.
What other advice do I have?
Exadata is a powerful solution. As I mentioned there is a learning curve. Working with a company that has experience with Exadata can help avoid potential pain points and maximize the ROI.
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Last updated: Jul 21, 2022
Flag as inappropriateDeputy CEO, CIO at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
Has newer technology and improved memory that gives it better performance
Pros and Cons
- "What I found most valuable in Oracle Exadata is its newer technology that gives better performance. It has more recent hardware and significant changes in the architecture, so it's better than older solutions."
- "Oracle Exadata has room for improvement in pricing, especially for smaller companies. The solution is okay for bigger companies, but for smaller companies, it isn't."
What is our primary use case?
My company uses Oracle Exadata for operational databases. It's for implementing pension, security, and life insurance.
How has it helped my organization?
My company is data-heavy. It's a data-oriented company, and Oracle Exadata enables it to perform many calculations and data processing in real time, which would otherwise be difficult.
What is most valuable?
What I found most valuable in Oracle Exadata is its newer technology that gives better performance. It has more recent hardware and significant changes in the architecture, so it's better than older solutions.
I'm satisfied with Oracle Exadata because it now has ten out of ten memory, which makes its overall performance much better than previous versions.
What needs improvement?
Oracle Exadata has room for improvement in pricing, especially for smaller companies. The solution is okay for bigger companies, but for smaller companies, it isn't because it adds higher than usual extra hardware costs. If Oracle wants to reach more small-scale businesses, it should improve on Oracle Exadata pricing.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using Oracle Exadata for ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of Oracle Exadata is excellent. I don't hear complaints about its stability, so it's a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This new version of Oracle Exadata has improved scalability, which I find incredible. Its scalability is nine out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
My company uses advanced Oracle Exadata technical support. The support is excellent, so I'd rate it as nine out of ten. It's a long-term cooperation where my team knows the experts by name, and the support team is always available for my company. The service is excellent.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Ten years ago, my company migrated from IBM Db2 to Oracle Exadata because, upon calculation, Oracle Exadata is more beneficial from an economic point of view than IBM Db2.
My company was on some mainframe legacy software and IBM Db2, and it had many problems, so it decided to switch to Oracle Exadata. That was more of a platform-related migration than a database-related migration. My company made the right decision to move to Oracle Exadata.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup for Oracle Exadata was quite complex, so it's a six out of ten for me.
Deploying Oracle Exadata took several hours. I organized it in advance, so I was well prepared for it. I had to migrate from the previous hardware to the new hardware or appliance, and the organization in both databases was different, so the task could have been more straightforward. You need to know what you're doing to deploy Oracle Exadata successfully.
What about the implementation team?
I deployed Oracle Exadata with the help of company experts and Oracle experts. It would be best to have Oracle experts for more delicate maintenance tasks or upgrades.
What was our ROI?
There's ROI from Oracle Exadata. My company saves one hundred percent using Oracle Exadata versus Oracle database licensed on different hardware.
It also depends on what you compare. My company uses Oracle solutions, so the Oracle database has many advantages for my company. For example, the company has a no-code generator software that uses the Oracle database, so the Oracle database is an essential part of the environment.
Comparing Oracle Exadata against non-Exadata, using Oracle Exadata is wiser for my company because it's cheaper to have Oracle Exadata than not because the company has to buy additional licenses and courses, which would be more expensive.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Oracle Exadata is costly. Its licensing should also be more versatile. Smaller companies would benefit if Oracle Exadata had lower pricing.
Pricing for a solution should be justified, so you must make several calculations to evaluate the price correctly. Oracle Exadata adds costs on the hardware which you wouldn't otherwise have. Still, when you go with the solution, it offloads some of the database processing on the processors, so you don't need a license for database use, and it uploads it to store sales. It means that when you do data processing intensively, or you're processing large data sets, the database will be offloaded to the storage CPU, which means that Oracle Exadata gives you free database processing, so at some point, Oracle Exadata becomes cheaper versus licensing the database and running it on your server or in the cloud.
This is when you need to carefully calculate and see if Oracle Exadata is the right choice for your company. I wouldn't give it a very high rating in terms of affordability, but it still depends. For my company, for example, it's cheaper to use Oracle Exadata than use Oracle database without Oracle Exadata. It depends on the customer. It's up to you to calculate. I'd give the solution a five out of ten for affordability because it's not cheap.
My company pays for Oracle Exadata licenses according to need. For example, my company uses a real-time cluster and has possible configurations that require licensing for the database, though that's quite modest. My company isn't huge, so the environment isn't large.
What other advice do I have?
My company uses the latest version of Oracle Exadata.
Maintaining Oracle Exadata requires one main DBA involved with the maintenance, and one backup, where the backup takes care of limited tasks involving storage, network, etc. My company also works with an on-call service as needed. It's not a continuous service or a service you use regularly. My company only calls when it's necessary. For example, if there's an event or incident in the production environment or a major maintenance task, such as an Oracle Exadata upgrade. My company also has some people involved when there's a change in the environment, or it needs help with the infrastructure.
Internally, my company has around one thousand Oracle Exadata users, but externally, that number is more than one hundred thousand. There's no plan to increase its usage because the company has slow internal growth, but the growth rate is average externally. All people within my company use Oracle Exadata.
My rating for Oracle Exadata is nine out of ten, though it would still depend on the customer. Some customers may not need the solution for their environment, but for me, I'd rate it a nine.
My company is an Oracle Exadata customer.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: Jan 6, 2023
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IT Consultant at Trend Import-Export
Excellent storage cell capabilities and intelligence with great speed
Pros and Cons
- "We can use virtualization on Exadata."
- "The improvement could be made on the hardware level as the habit in the industry is to go better and faster and larger with every iteration."
What is most valuable?
The separation between the database nodes and storage cells is the key feature of Exadata. The capabilities of the storage cells, the intelligence, are excellent.
The speed is unbeatable.
Exadata was mostly for data warehouses. However, in time with a model of powerful processors in database nodes, it's also an OLTP machine. It's very good. The latest versions offer even more performance, as they have a persistent memory and a lot of features.
The usage of the internal InfiniBand Switches is a key feature in Exadata. Everything is fast due to this separation at the database level and storage level. It's intelligently designed and has a very fast connection between all of the components of Exadata.
We can use virtualization on Exadata. We can choose capacity on demand. There are a lot of new features that have turned up in the past two to four years. The solution is growing and becoming broader in its scope.
What needs improvement?
The improvement could be made on the hardware level as the habit in the industry is to go better and faster and larger with every iteration.
From the software point of view, management point of view, it's okay right now. However, I don't understand why Exadata has no database nodes with SPARC processors. Oracle has SPARC servers that are on RISC processors and are more powerful processors than Intel processors. They never do Exadata with such processors on the database nodes level. However, they tested and it wasn't very useful. I would like to see Exadata with RISC processors on the database nodes if it's possible.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been working with the solution since 2012. It's been about nine years - almost a decade. It's been a while.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
You can scale the solution. You can configure it how you like and buy more cells or nodes to add to it.
How are customer service and technical support?
The technical support has been okay. We've been satisfied with the level of service.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup isn't too complex. However, in the present, the initial setup of Exadata isn't made by Oracle partners or the client. There is an advanced ACS department, Oracle Advanced Customer Support, that handles the implementation. In this team, there are very good specialists on Exadata. These specialists from the ACS department are the guys who will install Exadata for the first time for the client.
It's not something very complex and something which cannot be done by others, however. Our team, for example, was installing Exadata. It's possible to be done by other teams with, of course, the appropriate competencies. The implementation sits somewhere between simple and complex. The machine is complex. We cannot set up a machine like this with more components and different components like a laptop, for example.
What about the implementation team?
There is a specialized team that handles the implementation for the client.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I don't evaluate the fees involved in using the solution. It's too big. However, it's my understanding that you need to pay for the hardware, the nodes, and the cells. That said, you can configure it however you want. You can easily buy and increase the capacity in only the nodes or only the cells if you prefer. It's worth the money you spend. The value is there.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I've looked at other options. For a data warehouse, it's a better solution. It's better than Teradata, for example, or other complex machines from the competitors. Migrating data warehouses from other infrastructures to Exadata has a good success rate. I wouldn't say that it is the better solution for an OLTP system, however, for an OLAP system, it's a better option.
What other advice do I have?
We've been Oracle partners for around ten years or so. I'm a project manager, and not overly technical.
We don't have Exadata in our company, however, we have Exadata via a client. The current company where I work is the first company in Romania to sell Exadata in Romania. There are a number of Exadata solutions sold in Romania - which is why my colleague has achieved past competencies and certification in Exadata machines. They are very good, and they are delivering the present services on Exadata. I manage the projects where they deliver services on Exadata only for the customer, not in our company.
I'd advise users to consider the solution. You pay more money on the machine, however, you pay less for the licenses. On top of that, you have enough room to put a lot of data there. You can virtualize some machines and you put items on the application level, however, I don't recommend this.
If you already have separate machines, and you have licenses for all these machines and you want to put new hardware in place, it's better to put Exadata in place instead of a lot of other machines. That way, you can consolidate the database here and you will pay less on database software licenses.
I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten. I've been very satisfied with the product overall.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: partner
Very fast, scalable, stable, and demonstrates good performance
Pros and Cons
- "What I like best about Oracle Exadata is its good performance. It's also a very fast solution."
- "A room for improvement in Oracle Exadata is that it's not very easy to use in a microservices environment. It's not easy to split databases, and if this was easier to do in Oracle Exadata, it would make the solution better. What I'd like to see in the next release of Oracle Exadata is for it to become more modular, so you can use it in a context where the data layer is spread between many independent services."
What is our primary use case?
We use Oracle Exadata for transaction processing and data warehousing.
What is most valuable?
What I like best about Oracle Exadata is its good performance. It's also a very fast solution.
What needs improvement?
A room for improvement in Oracle Exadata is that it's not very easy to use in a microservices environment. It's not easy to split databases, and if this was easier to do in Oracle Exadata, it would make the solution better.
What I'd like to see in the next release of Oracle Exadata is for it to become more modular, so you can use it in a context where the data layer is spread between many independent services.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been working with Oracle Exadata for ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of Oracle Exadata is okay, and on a scale of one to five, I'm giving it a four.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Oracle Exadata is a very scalable solution, and I'm rating it five out of five in terms of scalability.
How are customer service and support?
We're happy with Oracle Exadata support, though there's always room for improvement. In the years we've contacted them, we've reached a good balance between pricing and service. They deserve a four out of five in terms of support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used AIX and Db2, and currently, we're still switching our databases over to Oracle Exadata.
How was the initial setup?
I wasn't involved in setting up Oracle Exadata because there's a dedicated team responsible for the setup.
The deployment process took a bit of time because my company switched gradually from other technologies to Oracle Exadata, and at the moment, some of the databases are still being moved to the solution. It's a big installation because I work for a big company.
What about the implementation team?
A mix of in-house teams and vendor teams was responsible for setting up and implementing Oracle Exadata.
What was our ROI?
I have no idea about the ROI from Oracle Exadata because my team doesn't calculate it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Oracle Exadata is not a cheap solution. Pricing is a problem for Oracle, and every client, not just my company, would like the vendor to improve on the price, or lower the price.
My company paid for several years' worth of Oracle Exadata licenses. You need to pay for the technical support and other features separately, on different contracts.
In terms of affordability, my rating for Oracle Exadata is two out of five.
What other advice do I have?
Oracle Exadata is deployed on the cloud, but for databases, deployment is on-premises.
My company has twenty thousand users of applications based on Oracle Exadata. My company develops internal applications given to users, and the applications have persistent layers in Oracle.
My rating for Oracle Exadata is eight out of ten.
My company is an Oracle customer.
My advice to new users is to start small and implement Oracle Exadata incrementally. Don't implement it with a big bang approach. Do it piece by piece. The solution is good for big companies because I belong to a big company, but my company did the implementation one piece at a time.
There's a plan to increase the usage of Oracle Exadata because some of the older databases still need to be moved from Unix. Some of the databases in Db2 will also be moved to Oracle Exadata.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: Sep 15, 2022
Flag as inappropriateData Center Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
The solution is stable, easy to deploy, and has good technical support
Pros and Cons
- "The ease of setup is an eight out of ten."
- "The cost of the solution is high and can be improved."
What is our primary use case?
Oracle Exadata is our calling and banking solution that provides an emergency financial system for our process. The system also collects data from Oracle databases, which requires the manpower of qualified engineers.
What is most valuable?
According to the engineering team, and I agree, the most valuable features are the voucher, certification, and quick support.
What needs improvement?
The problem resolution times with the solution are much higher. This information is based on our databases and our drive.
The cost of the solution is high and can be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I give the stability of the solution an eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
To scale up with Oracle we have to purchase new infrastructure. I give the scalability a six out of ten.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Sophos for a ten-year run.
How was the initial setup?
The solution is already reconfigured but not the system, only the semantics. Our network cables and the valves, the main areas such as the connectivity part, that's the network. Once they are completed and databases are accessible the configuration part has to be done. Overall the initial setup is straightforward and according to the manager's words, it's convenient to be able to reconfigure the system on the solution.
The ease of setup is an eight out of ten.
The deployment is not done overnight. In order to ensure our system management has little impact on the business area, the deployment is done in stages. Bringing on a new version update would only take a few days to test and test the environment. We have to verify and extract some information in order to improve the environment. Once all the testing is complete, we can move into the live environment. Full deployment will take one and a half to two months.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I give the pricing of the solution a five out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
I give the solution an eight out of ten.
When it comes to Oracle, I think it's a good investment. I know it's not cheap, but they offer excellent service and support. They are always looking to improve and customize their services, which is why my organization continues to use Oracle.
We have 5,000 employees in the organization. More than 2,000 people use our platform daily. This means my team, supported by Oracle and our co-banking system running on Oracle, is prepared for at least 2,000 people to use the solution daily.
New users should have the proper technical knowledge of the operator and that only requires having the right tools and contacting Oracle for support. Another important factor is the company's aftersales support. This ensures that we will be able to get the necessary care and service we need in order to keep our solution running smoothly. Plus, it's always good to have a company we can count on for renewing our solution the following year.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Last updated: Jan 18, 2023
Flag as inappropriateVice President & Head of IT Governance at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Easy to use, simple to install, and scales very well
Pros and Cons
- "The product is flexible."
- "The solution could always be more stable and more reliable."
What is our primary use case?
Basically, we simply use the solution to store our own database. We run more than 135 applications in our bank and we use Oracle to hold the data.
What is most valuable?
The solution is extremely stable. That's one of the main reasons we are using it.
The product is flexible.
It's a fairly easy-to-use solution.
The solution scales quite well and always meets our needs when we need to extend it.
The product is very easy to install.
Technical support is quite good.
What needs improvement?
The solution could always be more stable and more reliable. The more they work on this, the better the product will be. That said, for the most part, right now, it's pretty good.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for two years. It hasn't been that long just yet.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability has been very good. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable and the performance has been great.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution offers excellent scalability. It's one of its great selling features. We never have to worry about it not having enough capacity for our needs.
Currently, we have about 8,000 end-users on this product.
How are customer service and technical support?
Currently, we're quite happy with Oracle's technical support, If we weren't we would definitely let them know. However, at this time, they are helpful and responsive.
How was the initial setup?
The initial implementation is quite simple and straightforward. It's not difficult or too complex for someone to handle. A company should have no trouble with the setup process.
For us, the deployment process took around three days. That was just to have all of the planning and other stuff in line and ready to go. Everything all together - including the migration, et cetera, should be three to five days, or something in that ballpark.
We have about 35 people in IT that can handle any maintenance tasks required.
What about the implementation team?
For the initial setup, we do have an integrator. There are three parties involved with the implementation process. There's Oracle, then the distributor, and finally, the party that was contracted for implementation.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We are under contract and pay a license to Oracle. I cannot speak to the exact amount.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We've mostly been using Oracle for our systems, however, we do use MySQL for our verification.
What other advice do I have?
We're customers and end-users of Oracle.
We are using the latest version of the solution. I cannot speak to the exact version number, however.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We've mostly been quite happy with its overall capabilities. I'd recommend the product to other users and companies.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Solution Architect at SA Capital
Complete tool, handles large data, and highly reliable
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Oracle Exadata is the smart scan. We have large TB sessions of approximately 100 per second for each of our three instances. The smart scan allows us the obtain data in time in the enterprise manager."
- "Oracle Exadata could improve the monitoring system in the enterprise manager, it could be more user-friendly. In most Oracle tools there is a lot of functionality, and sometimes you need to do five or six clicks to find metrics, and sometimes it's a waste of time."
What is our primary use case?
We use Oracle Exadata to provide data for our analytics in our BI systems. It can be, BI, Tableau, or batch queries. It's a Russian system called 1C and we developed ETL procedures for Oracle Exadata. We don't use any ETL instruments. We only made some packages and control mechanisms that provide us to upload data into the aggregate tables and other usages.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Oracle Exadata is the smart scan. We have large TB sessions of approximately 100 per second for each of our three instances. The smart scan allows us the obtain data in time in the enterprise manager.
The solution overall is a complete system.
What needs improvement?
Oracle Exadata could improve the monitoring system in the enterprise manager, it could be more user-friendly. In most Oracle tools there is a lot of functionality, and sometimes you need to do five or six clicks to find metrics, and sometimes it's a waste of time.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Oracle Exadata for approximately four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Exadata is the most stable system I have used. The performance is very good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Oracle Exadata is highly scalable. To scale the solution you contact Oracle for the scalability you want, they give you the details, and you set it up.
We have more than 100 people using this solution in my company.
We do not plan to increase our usage because here in Russia we have some restrictions and we will have to move on without it.
How are customer service and support?
We have used the support from Oracle and it is very good.
I rate the support from Oracle Exadata a five out of five.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used other solutions, such as PostgreSQL, Amazon, and Microsoft. The features that Oracle Exadata has these other solutions do not, such as smart scan or monitoring. If we were to have the same performance as Oracle Exadata, we would have to have more hardware.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Oracle Exadata is very complex. It has steps that need someone with qualifications to be completed.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of Oracle Exadata is competitive. There are some features that are outside of the initial purchase license, such as some monitoring packages.
I rate the price of Oracle Exadata a four out of five.
What other advice do I have?
We have DBA administrators that do the maintenance of this solution.
My advice to others is to take courses in Oracle database, Oracle Exadata administration, and other development guides. They need to know how to use the solution before they start.
I rate Oracle Exadata a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Last updated: Oct 27, 2022
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It has a smart scan feature, is high-performing, and supports higher capacities
Pros and Cons
- "What I like most about Oracle Exadata is its smart scan feature. I also like that it supports higher capacities and it's high-performing, so my company can use Oracle Exadata for massive databases."
- "One small area for improvement in Oracle Exadata is integration, particularly at the consolidated application level."
What is our primary use case?
Oracle Exadata is a flash disk, so my company's primary use case is achieving target performance on the database level.
What is most valuable?
What I like most about Oracle Exadata is its smart scan feature.
I also like that it supports higher capacities and it's high-performing, so my company can use Oracle Exadata for massive databases.
Oracle Exadata is one of the best products of Oracle, with the best engineering.
What needs improvement?
One small area for improvement in Oracle Exadata is integration, particularly at the consolidated application level.
Additional features I would like to see in Oracle Exadata in its next version include a cloud interface and GUI.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have around one year of experience with Oracle Exadata, and I'm still working with it.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Oracle Exadata is a nine on a scale of one to ten, stability-wise.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Oracle Exadata scalability is a nine out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup for Oracle Exadata is straightforward and user-friendly because it has a great feature called OneCommand, which makes installation automated.
What about the implementation team?
Both in-house and vendor teams implemented Oracle Exadata.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I'm giving Oracle Exadata five out of ten in terms of pricing. Its price could be lower.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Compared to other solutions, Oracle Exadata is more valuable because it has excellent features and it's a one-box solution.
What other advice do I have?
I've worked with different versions of Oracle Exadata, such as X7, X8, and X9.
My customers use Oracle PCA (Private Cloud Appliance) for Oracle Exadata deployment. Banks use a private cloud, not a public cloud.
My company is a platinum partner of Oracle, with sixty to seventy customers using Oracle Exadata. In terms of maintenance, forty to fifty technical staff handle the maintenance for all customers.
My company is an Oracle vendor working with customers on implementation and deployment projects. The company is a reseller of Oracle Exadata.
I'm rating Oracle Exadata as eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller
Last updated: Jan 21, 2023
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Post 2012 if the Exadata is not set for GATHER_SYSTEM_STATS('EXADATA') a lot of the benefits will not show up. You will then remain in the '2x to 3x' club of Exadata performance instead of the potential 15x performance. -- quoting Mark Smith at Database Specialists -- in Presentation at IOUG Collaborate15 conference in Las Vegas April 2015.
I have experienced the marked difference in performance from just that one setting change.