Oracle Private Cloud Appliance vs Oracle SuperCluster comparison

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance vs. Oracle SuperCluster

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

Ranking in Converged Infrastructure

5th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Oracle SuperCluster

Ranking in Converged Infrastructure

7th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

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Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Converged Infrastructure category, the market share of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is 8.0% and it decreased by 26.8% compared to the previous year. The market share of Oracle SuperCluster is 6.8% and it increased by 370.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

MohamedKhalifa

Database and Middleware Technical Head at Riyadh Municipality

Nov 19, 2023

A highly efficient choice for deploying scalable and reliable middleware applications

We use it in conjunction with OVM Oracle VM Manager to create virtual machines for diverse Oracle middleware products, including Oracle Solar, PPM, Service Bus, and Logix. Our organization heavily depends on the middleware home, covering OCP, Oracle projects, performance monitoring, and…

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Shafiq Khan

Senior Manager IT Operations at NRSP microfinance Bank

Aug 18, 2022

Great performance all round, but lacking in certain cloud features

Speaking from a business perspective, our main problem is that our particular edition of SuperCluster is now at end-of-life status, making it obsolete and impossible to get support for. This presents a challenge for us, as finding a path to our next solution is not easy. When it comes to features, I know that Oracle has already done a lot on the software side of things, but everyone has their own wish list for their specific environment and in newer editions of SuperCluster I would like to see new EXAchk data in the cloud environment. In fact, I would prefer if SuperCluster could come with more functionality as seen in Oracle Cloud where it is easier to share data and other things across the board. SuperCluster is already a smart machine, so I understand that it might be difficult to implement all those features, but at a minimum I would appreciate Oracle including more cloud infrastructure functionality. Oracle's existing cloud machines are already able to provide all these cloud features that I would like, including the use of containers and hardware-sharing, and it would be great to have these on board for their customers and end-users of SuperCluster.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable features include distinct storage within the Oracle PCA."

"You will find the high availability and License Team with Oracle very valuable."

"Supports connection to most of network topology, such as VLAN and network segmentation."

"It is scalable as the box can be increased by one compute node, if required."

"It has helped us to reduce Oracle licensing costs for database and applications."

"SuperCluster is basically a combination of Oracle, with Exadata and Compute node features, so it is a computing cluster that is integrated in a single infrastructure such that we don't need a separate solution for the application database, the data storage database, and everything else the application needs."

"The performance is significantly improved, and the administration is easy because it is a single platform end-to-end."

"In this setup, the traffic is distributed among the nodes, enhancing the overall performance compared to a scenario where all traffic is directed to a single server."

"A valuable feature is the Exadata Storage appliance, optimized for database queries."

"Because SuperCluster is a specially engineered system, we have confidence in that all the components are compatible with one another. Everything runs together as a well-coupled group of machines, and the performance is great (especially the memory)."

"Scalability and technical support."

"The two features that I find to be the most valuable are high availability and high performance."

"Because it's classified as an engineered system, it's all integrated, it's all supported by one vendor. We don't have to go to multiple vendors for support, it's all integrated under Oracle."

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Cons

"OVM Manager Interface is using HTML5. It should be reconverted to be a Java interface."

"In comparison to competitors like VMware, there's a perceived need for Oracle to enhance OVM, making it more flexible and user-friendly."

"Patching processing takes a long time. Only one compute node is patched at a time."

"The initial setup was very complex."

"A major issue for us is that after the most recent update of SuperCluster, they have now stopped all future production of new versions. That is to say, after M7 there was M8, and now there are no future versions planned (e.g. M9) in the market."

"Speaking from a business perspective, our main problem is that our particular edition of SuperCluster is now at end-of-life status, making it obsolete and impossible to get support for. This presents a challenge for us, as finding a path to our next solution is not easy."

"If they had an application that centralized the administration, not about the monitoring, but for the configuration, it would be better."

"If it had capabilities to integrate really well with DB2 or SQL Server or Hitachi SANs, those sort of things, that would be a real benefit. Right now, it's fully supported only under all Oracle infrastructure."

"I would like to see control domain and zone management via a management console, similar to that of OVM."

"We have faced network connectivity issues."

"It's not working as we expected. We thought it would be fast and reliable but we are not getting the reliability. It's not stable."

"There are many areas for improvement. For example, better guidance in terms of troubleshooting issues relating to ZFS, as well as better tools/diagnostics for monitoring that specific component, to better identify potential issues. Hardware monitoring via OEM 13.2 is not 100 percent, as Ops Center is still required in some instances."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is more expensive than the normal solution or the hyper-converged system."

"It is relatively cost-effective."

"No licenses for the shipped software or firmware."

"If you have many Oracle products, such as databases, middleware, and apps, it will help you reduce Oracle app licences and support costs."

"Due to the multiple products involved in our use of SuperCluster (including different software, hardware, etc.), I cannot comment on the licensing aspect."

"For us, the licensing costs are a large amount, but we are also paying for the rack, the SLA, and other extras. When I look into our organization's requirements regarding performance, machine load, etc., I believe that, while expensive, SuperCluster is nevertheless good for us."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

27%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

10%

Educational Organization

Government

17%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

Non Profit

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?

The most valuable features include distinct storage within the Oracle PCA.

What needs improvement with Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?

In comparison to competitors like VMware, there's a perceived need for Oracle to enhance OVM, making it more flexible and user-friendly. We believe that improvements in this aspect would contribute...

What is your primary use case for Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?

What do you like most about Oracle SuperCluster?

In this setup, the traffic is distributed among the nodes, enhancing the overall performance compared to a scenario where all traffic is directed to a single server.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SuperCluster?

Due to the multiple products involved in our use of SuperCluster (including different software, hardware, etc.), I cannot comment on the licensing aspect.

What needs improvement with Oracle SuperCluster?

We have faced network connectivity issues.

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Oracle MiniCluster, S7-2, M7, M6-32

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Overview

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.

Secure cloud infrastructure with the industry’s most advanced security, extreme performance, and a complete suite of efficiency enhancements, tools, and automation that work together to dramatically lower cost and complexity.

Sample Customers

Agnitum Information Technologies, Mediacloud, Xait AS, Atos Global Managed Services, CaixaBI, ICA AB, BT Spain, Secure-24, Xait

Advania, Dimension Data, Atos, Etisilat Nigeria, HDFC, Specialized Bicycle Components, Uganda Revenue Authority, iQor, United Energy, Portic Barcelona, B Logistics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CSC, CNSI, REDISA

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance vs. Oracle SuperCluster