Oracle Exalogic [EOL] Reviews

Internally, server consolidation. In a cloud architecture, moving the HA VM from one to other is faster. This is because of the InfiniBand network fabric between the compute nodes and storage nodes (ZFS Storage). It's easy to achieve the goal of always available functionality.

Externally, interoperability with data warehouse, BI or a big data environment.

Scalablility: When we need to upgrade from an eighth-rack to a full-rack, the real downtime is less then an hour.

Manageability: When we deploy the solution for a customer, we generally need to integrate with an existing network. With the Exalogic Configuration Utility we can provide either as an isolated or integrated network segment.

Enterprise high-speed interoperability: With IPoIB we can deliver to other environments, either IP-Ethernet-based or IP-InfiniBand-based protocol, both with minimum bandwidth capacity of 10Gbps, 20Gbps, or 40Gbps, redundantly.

• Highspeed transactions per second for business areas such as public-service, telco, banking, online store, payment gateway).
• Middleware application service, suchas statistics, data mining, could be better.

No stability issues.

No scalability issues.

Seven out of 10.

Yes. We switched because of

• highspeed InfiniBand fabric interconnect
• proper connectivity with Oracle Data Warehouse, OLTP, or OLAP.

Straightforward when we can isolate the network segment to be integrated. Possibly complex when we don't have any information about an existing network.

Get the price of the license you will need for the middleware that will be running on top of the Exalogic. Otherwise, you can use another middleware solution, as long as it can run on top of Oracle Linux.

Yes. VMware ESXi with commodity hardware, and Huawei FusionCube.

Before implementing make sure you have network planning confirmation and existing network services, such as DNS and NTP server.

We currently use Exalogic for SAP solutions. We also use their Exadata solution for the data warehouse for the Oracle database.

The performance is the solution's most valuable aspect.

The solution needs to add a network virtualization feature similar to that of VxRail. If they could implement that, it would be great for the product.

I've been dealing with the solution since 2014.

The solution is stable, but it typically takes time to build up to stability. Sometimes there are some bugs. Overall, we find it to be quite reliable.

In the context of ACI, it is scalable. You can add anything from a quarter rack or half rack to a full rack, etc. It is scalable in terms of computing and in terms of storage as well. However, if you think about ACI, Hyper-converged network and some of the solutions like VxFlex and software-defined storage and VMware, it's not that flexible. The level of scalability depends on the conversion with other products.

Typically, if a client needs support, they contact us and we are the ones to offer it to them.

However, we have contacted Oracle technical support and we have a back-to-back contract with them. They support our HR on-site team. We also get support from Oracle functional services and backend support. They are usually quite good, but at times it depends on which engineer is working. When we get support from India, there's sometimes a delay. If it's from Europe or the US, often we get faster results. Time zones also affect technical support response times and will dictate who responds to our requests.

We're using a combination of products, including SPOC systems, Exodus servers, etc.

The initial setup isn't typically that complex.

On average, installation takes about seven days. This includes setting everything correctly.

Once it has been implemented, a company only really needs two people to maintain it. Usually, this is done by a database team and/or platform team.

We get the assistance of the vendor for the implementation. Oracle ACS helps us with the setup.

I understand that the licensing of the solution is pretty expensive, although I don't have exact numbers. The pricing depends on how much hardware, and if we're using professional services, etc. It's not just the license; there are additional costs.

We're an Oracle partner.

Typically we implement this solution on a large scale to enterprise-level clients. Typical customers might be big banks in Bangladesh.

I'd recommend the solution, but there are other options that give a client more flexibility. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

The ability to have ZFS (shared file systems) with InfiniBand, and an InfiniBand connection to the Exadata database is very useful.

We used it create a new filesystem, and a stretched cluster with a few simple and quick steps.

Whenever there is a problem, opening a service request to get help from Oracle is an endless story.

For example, I had problems that I lived with for eight months. The answer that goes out of fashion is "the latest fw", but updating it also requires a downtime of 48 hours. It doesn’t mention when these interventions fail and must be rescheduled.

I have used Oracle Exalogic for two years.

To be honest, there was a stability issue. As I mentioned, we had to live with some bugs for months.

Scaling up the server required long machine stops of 24 to 48 hours. The interventions did not always end successfully. Sometimes they failed and needed to be rescheduled.

Technical support makes my life difficult.

The purchasing department chose this solution. Economically speaking, it is probably a cheaper option than others available, but for the technicians who work with this machine, it is fine as long as things are going OK; but every problem requires months to resolve.

The initial configuration is complicated. They deliver to you several sheets on which you need to declare, for example, a huge amount of VLAN and IP addresses. To make matters worse, the help they give you to understand exactly what you're setting is ridiculous.

We implemented it with the vendor, of course; but again, it would be nice to have more professional explanations.

My advice is to evaluate other solutions!!!

The most valuable features are the Oracle Enterprises Manager Ops Center (EMOC) and the Data Centre Segmentation through Accounts.

This product has improved our organization by giving us better performance on WebLogic-based applications.

I would like to see more than four virtual disk capability in future versions of this product.

We have used this product for three years.

We received a high level of customer service.

We evaluated other solutions and chose this one because of the lower cost.

Initial setup was complex in the sense that it was a new deployment and it involved three Exalogic appliances.

We implemented this product through a vendor team.

Eliminate EMOC annual licensing. It should be free as an OVM.

It is good for Oracle in an Oracle environment.

We use Oracle Database with the real application clusters and the Exalogic is the most matching real application cluster. We are now using the Oracle X3, X4, and X5 in our production environment. From the X3-2, the Exalogic started applying the very first technologies for cache writing, and so I believe Exalogic is the most stable rear echelon type database, especially for financial systems.

There are many benefits of Exalogic, but I believe the most important point is production stability. There's almost no down-time. It's very important, especially for financial services because 24/7, nonstop services are required.

The current Exalogic X5-2 is enough for financial systems. Exadata's current speed is almost enough but sometimes much slower than the older mainframe systems, so some performance improvements would be helpful.

Very stable.

Yes. It scales well.

We needed to migrate by hand all of the MSS SCSI servers and all the database servers. Unfortunately, Oracle and GoldenGate don't support all the systems, so we decided to migrate by hand.