The product overall is rated at 7.5 out of 10. There is room for improvement, particularly in simplifying the deployment process. Simplifying this aspect could increase the rating to nine.
Database and Middleware Technical Head at Riyadh Municipality
Real User
Top 5
Nov 2, 2023
I highly recommend using it, particularly for middleware applications. However, I advise against installing databases on PCA because it is not specifically designed for that purpose. For database installations, it's more effective to consider Oracle Database Appliance or Oracle Exadata. Overall, I would rate it ten out of ten.
My advice to others would be to wait before buying this program because the Oracle VM server is about to die and the PCA will probably evolve into using Oracle Linux KVM. This means that, if you buy the PCA, you will have to migrate your machines into the new platform. So they should just be aware of the fact that the software they're using is about to change and there will be a different management system, called Oracle Linux Utilization Manager. Everything will change. So, right now is probably not the best time to buy the PCA. Additional features I would you like in the next release would be automation and better management. On a scale from one to 10, I will rate Oracle Private Cloud Appliance a six. I think that it's quite powerful as a platform but there are way too much work to be done. For instance, if you buy this program there are so many things you must do first before you can actually roll out into production. You have to build the tools yourself to make the management easier and you have to understand cloud control and Oracle VM Manager. And the patching system is too faulty, because every time you patch something, you break something else. You patch a component, you break something else. And in monitoring, for example, cloud control doesn't work well and there are loads of work to be done as it is right now. And that's why my rating is low.
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Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, is an integrated infrastructure system engineered to enable rapid deployment of converged compute, network, and storage technologies for hosting applications or workloads on a guest OS. It is a data center-class system that provides incremental and scalable performance optimized for consolidation of mixed workloads.
The product overall is rated at 7.5 out of 10. There is room for improvement, particularly in simplifying the deployment process. Simplifying this aspect could increase the rating to nine.
I highly recommend using it, particularly for middleware applications. However, I advise against installing databases on PCA because it is not specifically designed for that purpose. For database installations, it's more effective to consider Oracle Database Appliance or Oracle Exadata. Overall, I would rate it ten out of ten.
My advice to others would be to wait before buying this program because the Oracle VM server is about to die and the PCA will probably evolve into using Oracle Linux KVM. This means that, if you buy the PCA, you will have to migrate your machines into the new platform. So they should just be aware of the fact that the software they're using is about to change and there will be a different management system, called Oracle Linux Utilization Manager. Everything will change. So, right now is probably not the best time to buy the PCA. Additional features I would you like in the next release would be automation and better management. On a scale from one to 10, I will rate Oracle Private Cloud Appliance a six. I think that it's quite powerful as a platform but there are way too much work to be done. For instance, if you buy this program there are so many things you must do first before you can actually roll out into production. You have to build the tools yourself to make the management easier and you have to understand cloud control and Oracle VM Manager. And the patching system is too faulty, because every time you patch something, you break something else. You patch a component, you break something else. And in monitoring, for example, cloud control doesn't work well and there are loads of work to be done as it is right now. And that's why my rating is low.