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Oracle Database Appliance pros and cons

Vendor: Oracle
4.0 out of 5

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PROS

Easy management saves time in installation and patching.
NVM Express solid-state drives offer outstanding I/O performance.
Oracle Database Appliance is highly automated, minimizing human error.
It offers high stability and is specifically designed for Oracle databases.
Technical support is helpful and the initial setup is straightforward.

CONS

Oracle Database Appliance patching cycle is slower compared to regular patches.
Virtualization features and backup support in Oracle VM architecture need improvement.
The cost and licensing of Oracle Database Appliance are considered too high.
Scalability challenges exist, especially regarding hardware and storage without upgrades.
Technical support services and initial setup complexity require significant enhancement.
 

Oracle Database Appliance Pros review quotes

it_user431193 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer, Middleware/CRM/Billing at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
May 5, 2016
It has many valuable features, including High Availability and failover, which means you can have an all-ERP solution in one box, so you can use your database with your application server together.
it_user247422 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO/Architect at Viscosity North America
Jan 3, 2017
The biggest value that customers are seeing, is that it's easy to install, quick to deploy, and easy to consolidate platforms; as opposed to building an environment from scratch.
it_user689523 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator
Jun 22, 2017
Easy management (it saves a lot of installation and patching time).
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it_user689538 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 22, 2017
We value the appliance architecture with its “everything-in-a-box” highly standardized setup.
EA
Sr. Director, Systems & Databases at Gtech
Oct 24, 2017
NVM Express (NVMe) solid-state drives: This technology brings outstanding I/O performance for midsize databases. We have tested it by doing POCs on customer sites and the results were quite satisfying.
it_user801273 - PeerSpot reviewer
DBA at LSC Communications
Jan 12, 2018
We primarily use it for OLTP, which has improved our costs.
AQ
Chief Information Officer at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 12, 2018
The performance due to the all-flash of ODA is very nice.
reviewer1033794 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Nov 7, 2019
The performance of the system is the solution's most valuable aspect. In combination with the database, it gives perfect results. It's a better system than using other kinds of integrated systems. In general, the ODA control is much simpler to use and offers up the best performance.
reviewer888918 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Dec 9, 2019
The solution is simple to use and easy to maintain.
SS
Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 28, 2020
The Oracle database is able to get the data, process it, and return it to the company's CEO's and CFO's within a single day, and thus they are able to find out yesterday's P and L by today. It has drastically reduced the amount and time of processing from seven days to one day.
 

Oracle Database Appliance Cons review quotes

it_user431193 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer, Middleware/CRM/Billing at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
May 5, 2016
It takes too long to implement and Oracle should do something about it.
it_user247422 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO/Architect at Viscosity North America
Jan 3, 2017
It is unable to expand by much, because of the way the ODA configures when you have two nodes and X number of storage.
it_user689523 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator
Jun 22, 2017
I would be happy to see the Oracle Auto Service Request (ASR) pre-installed in it instead of installing it in a separate machine.
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it_user689538 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 22, 2017
In my opinion only one single command should be used for all ODA models, as it’s confusing.
EA
Sr. Director, Systems & Databases at Gtech
Oct 24, 2017
Virtualization features could also be improved. A web-based GUI would be a good start.
it_user801273 - PeerSpot reviewer
DBA at LSC Communications
Jan 12, 2018
Oracle Database Appliance patching comes out two to three months after the regular patching cycle.
AQ
Chief Information Officer at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 12, 2018
The main thing would be to make ODA more affordable, to make it a more economical machine. Also, I would like to see virtualization, so you could implement all of your functions on one machine. Finally, improvement in the speed and performance would be good.
reviewer1033794 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Nov 7, 2019
Technical support is not so great. It could be much better. The maintenance, for an enterprise system, isn't so great. It's also extremely expensive.
reviewer888918 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Dec 9, 2019
If we were able to use Oracle Database to create mobile apps, that would be great. I don't know multiple languages, like Java, etc. I need to learn a separate language, right now in order to do this.
SS
Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 28, 2020
In terms of what can be be improved, I'd say Artificial Intelligence, AI. It would be really helpful if AI was incorporated within the solution.