FlexPod XCS vs Oracle Exalogic [EOL] comparison

NetApp and Oracle are both solutions in the Converged Infrastructure category. Additionally, 96% of NetApp users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

FlexPod XCS

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96% willing to recommend

Oracle Exalogic [EOL]

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75% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

FlexPod XCS

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

295

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Oracle Exalogic [EOL]

Average Rating

7.2

Number of Reviews

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Featured Reviews

John Kevin

Infrastructure Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Enforces standardized setup procedures following Certified Validated Design (CVD) guidelines and offers greater flexibility and control over the system compared to traditional systems

The GUI setup follows the right setup, meaning we have to follow the CVDi.e. Certified Validated Design. Everything is clear, because you can build CI yourself, but without rules, it can be messy. With FlexPod, there are rules to follow, making it more standardized. This helps with troubleshooting and compatibility assessments, simplifying troubleshooting significantly. We also use FlexPod pre-validated architectures to validate the design. It is very, very important to us because we had a bad case in 2015 where separate items integrated poorly due to no version or firmware compatibility certification. Troubleshooting became a nightmare. So, standards are crucial for us, and everything entering production should be verified or at least documented for certification.

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Mohammad Yasir Kamal

AGM at Tech Valley Networks Limited

Good performance and stability with a straightforward setup

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.

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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

"We have, in four years, not had a single system-down issue."

"The capacity to grow at a very rapid pace at a quarter of the cost in terms of physical hardware and staffing -- just put up rack, deploy FlexPod, and it’s up and running."

"This solution has definitely simplified our infrastructure from edge to core to cloud."

"For anybody wanting to get a small system to actually teach on as well as learn and use, you can't beat FlexPod."

"DR has been tremendously easier."

"The initial setup is straightforward. It is all interface-based, so point and click."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the stability."

"For the management side of our UCS, it is a single pane of glass for multiple people, whether it is data center, sysadmin, or server deployment."

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"InfiniBand (internal Exalogic network) minimizes any network outages."

"It has improved the way my organization functions by migrating apps to one consolidated platform that is dedicated to WebLogic and Oracle apps."

"There are many benefits of Exalogic, but I believe the most important point is production stability."

"It's improved the delivery of virtual machines and setting them up with WebLogic (Application Server)."

"Storage, strong in data integrity."

"Even with running in a virtualized configuration, the performance seen has been better than running on non-Exalogic physical environments."

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

"We get better performance and utilization of resources since it was implemented, and it has helped to reduce the batch cycle from over 40 hours to about eight."

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Cons

"The upgrades should be improved. We would like to have the ability to do unified upgrades of the whole infrastructure from beginning to end."

"Perhaps having a unified interface for managing the entire company could lead to improved efficiency and performance."

"Updates are not frequent enough."

"FlexPod is not cheap and the way things are going, you could probably get the same thing at half the price from another vendor."

"I would like to see improvements in the documentation. I understanding how things are coming together and a lot of that is from the UCS side."

"For the next release, because I know that we are using Pure Storage, what I want to see is the GUI interfaces on this UCS monitor."

"It would be nice to have something like an automated, upgrade solution The tasks needed to upgrade the hardware within FlexPod are still quite behind compared to some of its other aspects. That's more on the Cisco side."

"It takes a very sophisticated group of people to run and maintain NetApp and Cisco products."

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"I can't think of a single significant issue with performance or stability that was solved in less than nine months, and it is honestly the worst product I have ever dealt with."

"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."

"We have encountered stability issues: a storage failure that led to Exalogic being fully down' sometimes the storage cluster OCFS2 used for the OVM repository had stopped working and could not be mounted; finally, after many months, Oracle support discovered problems with InfiniBand (IB) host channel adapters (HCAs) that connect ZFS storage to the hosts and many firmware upgrades."

"Currently the management functions of Exalogic are not as smooth as one would desire."

"Exadata's current speed is almost enough but sometimes much slower than the older mainframe systems, so some performance improvements would be helpful."

"The product is good but complex, and requires extensive internal knowledge to build it up and support."

"Technical support makes my life difficult."

"It's very expensive. Oracle Platinum Services (patching) is terrible, and we haven't had a patching exercise occur without significant problems and often impact to production operations."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a lease for approximately $10,000 USD per month."

"The product's pricing is high and I would rate it a nine out of ten."

"The scalability is very good. I wish it was a more cost-effective, but you get what you pay for."

"The solution has saved our customers' organization in terms of CapEx. E.g., with the cloud availability, it's turned into sort of a hybrid CapEx/OpEx model."

"The main return on investment would be that instead of having to refresh all of our desktop hardware we have been able to go reimage existing machines and use those as thin clients, then also purchase new thin clients rather than buying actual hardware. It also reduces the overhead of having our technicians deploy those systems and maintain them."

"We purchased the solution through CDW. They are a partner and knowledgeable."

"The NetApp portion was a $5 million investment five years ago. That has served the customer well over five and a half years."

"It is expensive. My company is small. When you look at the price point, this is a big thing for us to invest in."

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"Pricing and licensing are two very delicate aspects when talking about Oracle, especially engineered systems. The prices are quite high compared with other similar products, so the CapEx analysis and investment return have to be very well studied."

"To expand the hardware's capability requires a massive investment."

"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."

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it_user244362

Managing Consultant with 51-200 employees

Aug 30, 2015

Nutanix vs. VMware EVO:RAIL vs. FlexPod

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Construction Company

13%

Marketing Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

19%

Marketing Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	34
Midsize Enterprise	66
Large Enterprise	182

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	14

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Overview

FlexPod XCS offers a seamless integration with existing IT systems, enhancing both scalability and usability. It simplifies complex IT environments with unified support and a pre-validated design, making it invaluable for mission-critical applications.

FlexPod XCS effectively manages diverse IT infrastructures by providing a comprehensive end-to-end solution. Its integration capabilities allow for efficient storage and compute operations, while users value its flexibility and high reliability. The platform ensures significant time savings and operational efficiency by reducing troubleshooting and facilitating seamless expansion. Known for supporting varied environments and workloads, FlexPod XCS optimizes resource management and is compatible with prominent cloud systems like AWS and Azure, thus supporting cloud, private, and multi-cloud strategies.

What are the key features of FlexPod XCS?

Integration: Connects efficiently with existing systems for smoother operations.
Scalability: Allows seamless expansion to accommodate growing demands.
End-to-End Solution: Reduces complexity via unified support and pre-validated designs.
Flexibility: Manages both storage and compute effectively.
Cloud Compatibility: Integrates with AWS, Azure, and other cloud environments.

What benefits should users look for when evaluating FlexPod XCS?

Reliability: High dependability ensures uninterrupted operations.
Operational Efficiency: Streamlined processes lead to time savings.
Resource Optimization: Better management across IT infrastructures.
Seamless Expansion: Easily scales without excessive reconfiguration.

FlexPod XCS is widely used in industries like finance, healthcare, and education for data center virtualization and telecom operations. It enhances IT consolidation, optimizes resource utilization, and supports efficient disaster recovery solutions in diverse environments, making it a favored choice for hosting data storage and hybrid cloud infrastructure.

NetApp

Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud is a datacenter building block that integrates compute, networking and storage hardware with virtualization, operating system and management software. It provides breakthrough performance, reliability, availability, scalability and investment protection for the widest possible range of business application workloads, from middleware and custom applications to packaged applications from Oracle and hundreds of 3rd party vendors, in both conventional and cloud deployments. As an Oracle Engineered System, Oracle Exalogic delivers faster deployment, higher user productivity, lower TCO, reduced risk and one-stop support.

For more information on Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, visit Oracle.com

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