Oracle Private Cloud Appliance vs Oracle SuperCluster comparison

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance and Oracle SuperCluster are both solutions in the Converged Infrastructure category. Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is ranked #4 with an average rating of 10.0, while Oracle SuperCluster is ranked #8 with an average rating of 9.0. Oracle Private Cloud Appliance holds a 14.9% mindshare in CI, compared to Oracle SuperCluster’s 4.6% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 84% of Oracle SuperCluster users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 2, 2025

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance and Oracle SuperCluster are competing solutions in enterprise cloud and computing needs. Oracle SuperCluster seems to have the upper hand due to its advanced features, while Oracle Private Cloud Appliance offers better pricing and support.

Features: Oracle Private Cloud Appliance allows flexible VM management, scalability for multi-tenancy, and supports mixed workloads for Oracle and non-Oracle environments. It includes distinct primary and secondary storage, and improved patching for all components. Oracle SuperCluster delivers high performance with integrated high-performance computing and Exadata Storage for optimized database queries, high availability, and a strong consolidation promise, especially useful for environments running on SPARC.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Private Cloud Appliance could enhance network stability and offer more reliable performance. Additionally, further improvements in configuration to prevent issues with clusters would be beneficial. Oracle SuperCluster may require improvements in virtualization layer flexibility and better reliability for users facing unexpected operational issues. Enhanced user satisfaction with stability and network configuration would also be beneficial.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is recognized for straightforward deployment and robust customer service, making it ideal for quicker implementations. Oracle SuperCluster, however, requires more intricate setup and detailed planning, potentially posing a challenge for rapid deployment and necessitating thorough preparation and expertise.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Private Cloud Appliance offers a cost-effective initial setup with a lower entry cost, enabling a quicker ROI. Oracle SuperCluster, while demanding a higher initial investment due to its advanced hardware, can provide significant long-term benefits, making it an ideal choice for organizations requiring high-performance infrastructure and capable of leveraging its superior capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance

Ranking in Converged Infrastructure

4th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle SuperCluster

Ranking in Converged Infrastructure

8th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Converged Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is 14.9%, up from 10.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SuperCluster is 4.6%, up from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Mir Gulzar Ahmed

IT Manager at Synergy Computers

Offers comprehensive support and performance but initial deployment requires expertise

Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is a complete solution that includes built-in hypervisor management and Appliance Manager, and integrates with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. It simplifies the management of virtual machines, networking, compute, and storage, allowing me to create multiple virtual machines easily without logging into the storage system. It offers free licensing of Oracle Linux and Solaris, and provides high-performance capabilities through extreme performance storage options. Additionally, the product ensures comprehensive customer support.

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Shafiq Khan

Senior Manager IT Operations at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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

"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."

"Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is a complete solution that includes built-in hypervisor management and Appliance Manager, and integrates with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure."

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

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

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

"Our primary use case is for E-Business Suite applications the applications for the government, and most of the applications that use an HCM."

"Scalability and technical support."

"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."

"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 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."

"It is easy to integrate Supercluster into IT workflow. It has a forty-gigabit InfiniBand switch. It also includes Exadata and a very powerful M-series machine. These are not mainframe processors but provide excellent internal communication and scalability."

"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)."

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Cons

"The initial setup was very complex."

"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."

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

"The deployment process of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is complicated and requires significant knowledge for initial configuration."

"We have faced network connectivity issues."

"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."

"Not a very user friendly solution."

"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."

"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."

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

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"It is relatively cost-effective."

"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."

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

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

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Government

15%

Comms Service Provider

12%

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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.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?

The deployment process of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is complicated and requires significant knowledge for initial configuration. Streamlining and simplifying the deployment process would make ...

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

I use Oracle Private Cloud Appliance ( /products/oracle-private-cloud-appliance-reviews ) as a complete solution for hypervisor management. It includes a built-in hypervisor, Appliance Manager, and...

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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.

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

The pricing is low as per performance but high as per synchronization. They justify the price. I rate the product’s pricing a four or five out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

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What needs improvement with Oracle SuperCluster?

It would be more convenient if the Agta Logic worked within the SuperCluster with the Agta data, as it may boost the speed of the applications.

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

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.

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