Oracle Exadata Reviews

Stability and performance.

Provides data analytics and helps with warehouse needs. It helps analyze network performance.

I would like to see improvement in terms of upgrades.

There were deployment issues with the upgrade process. There was conflicting documentation and varying responses from Oracle support.

There were stability issues during upgrades.

There were no scalability issues.

I would give customer support a rating of 5/10. The FEs are usually good and proactive.

Technical support varies wildly.

We used a plain database before this.

We needed Oracle support for all of the setup steps.

It provides performance for our highly critical applications.

They seem to be doing real well with keeping up on the performance and everything, especially what I have seen with the new chipset that is being offered. I can't really think of anything that they are not doing that they should be doing.

It can be difficult to patch and maintain because there are so many databases running on it.

We have been using Exadata for about five years.

We have had no down time with it, but it can be difficult to patch and maintain because there are so many databases running on it.

It is an absolutely scalable solution.

The support is very good.

I'm not involved in operations that much, but from what I understand, they get back to us; they always find the right person.

Oracle comes in and does the initial setup.

I recommend it for highly critical, performance-sensitive applications. You have to do a TCO on it because it is a fairly expensive solution. There has to be a cost-benefit analysis done on that.

The scale of the product is the most valuable feature. We use it for data warehouse and for that, we need to process a whole bunch of data faster. That is one of the features that we use this product most.

We use it for bringing data from all the different systems into it and then process it there. It is relatively faster. I always want the fastest speed, but despite all the claims made, it is fast. This product meets our scale and volume requirements.

It has enabled us to implement business intelligence. That is the most important function that we are using it for. It has helped us line-up. Earlier, we used to take close to 24 hours in some cases. Now, it's a matter of a couple of hours.

They can make it faster and more scalable. Currently, it is not. Actually, we carried out a benchmark against another company's product. Oracle took about 14 hours and that company's product took only thirty minutes. It is like a day and night difference.

It's pretty stable.

This product does not scale like we want it to.

There is another company that we use for this purpose and it does a much better job.

It's pretty good. I don't have any problems in that area.

We were not using any other solution prior to this. The reason why we chose this product is because we had already invested in Oracle and they had this to offer, so we continued with it.

If we needed to use it for batch requirements like before, it is still one of the best solutions. But, right now with the needs that we have, it isn't enough. If you are looking for batch processing, this solution is the way to go. However, if you are looking to do what we do, which not many companies do, then it is not suitable. We are into the internet business and we process trillions of records in a day all over the world. So, probably it is not for us. But for most of the companies, it is suitable. In my previous company, we had this solution.

Actually, the product rating all depends on the timing. Initially when it was bought, at the time, there was no other solution like this. At that time, I would have rated it higher. However, with our current requirements we need to be able to process billions of records in almost real-time, which this database doesn't meet.

Oracle products are pretty stable. They are leaders in database. As we looked into data warehouse products, they are the natural choice. We did not want to bring something new.

Omnichannel multiprocessing.

It provides efficient runtime processing.

Hybrid columnar compression.

Try to diminish the logging service.

My primary use case of this solution is running the large database status regarding applications.

The cost of the product could be improved.

I have been using this solution for around ten years.

This is a very stable solution, which we have hardly any problems with.

The tech support for this product is fine, though sometimes they take some time to identify and rectify issues.

The installation took around one month.

We installed the database using an in-house team but Oracle prefers to do the box configuration themselves.

I would recommend this solution, particularly if you are running Oracle databases. I would rate this solution as an 8 out of 10.

We are the first site in the Middle East that's using Exadata as a cloud service. My data is on-premise, but my service is on cloud.

The storage capacity and the performance of Oracle Exadata are good. When comparing the performance to other technologies it is very good. I am satisfied with the management of the solution.

Oracle Exadata compatibility with the analytics could be better and the OBIEE could improve. Oracle BI to Exadata needs to be improved. Even if the full analytics practice for Oracle should be improved and when compared with other solutions it is weak.

I used Oracle Exadata within the last 12 months.

The solution is very stable and has good performance.

Oracle Exadata is scalable.

Our clients are mostly small to medium-sized companies.

I have been satisfied with the technical support.

The installation is a medium level of difficulty. You need a skilled person to do the installation.

The price of the solution has been expensive to implement.

I rate Oracle Exadata an eight out of ten.

Database consolidation driving hardware and licensing cost reduction.

Complexity comes from patching the whole stack (firmware to database). If you have subscribed to a platinum support contract, Oracle will do it for you.

5 years.

No, the whole stack is stable.

No, it scaled linearly as claimed by Oracle pre sales.

The Exadata support team is good, they will never let you down.

Exadata comes pre configured, just need to create your databases and load your data.

Public price is high, as usual with Oracle. You need to make a deal with Oracle sales.

No.

You should carefully plan your Gridisk/ASM disk layout, One big +DATA and +RECO, or one by database. Also think about your ORACLE_HOME: just one or many? Having several Oracle_Home gives you flexibility in patching (you can stop only one database) but increase DBA works, several Oracle_Home to be patched.

For me, the most valuable feature is the fact that it’s an integrated system of software and hardware together.

We see cost saving due to the reduced footprint in the data center and improved performance.

There has been great improvement from the X2 to the X6 versions. There is a lot of improvement every time. CPU power is always doubled every time and memory power is doubled, so they are on the right track.

Monitoring might be a good option for improvement.

The solution is very stable.

We have had no issues with scalability.

We have opened tickets with Oracle technical support and so far, no problems.

We looked at a custom-built solution.

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