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Oracle SuperCluster pros and cons

Vendor: Oracle
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

An engineered system that provides full integration and support from one vendor.
Includes Exadata Storage appliance optimized for database queries, enhancing overall performance.
Features high availability and high performance, supporting critical applications.
Components are compatible, ensuring seamless operation and improved memory performance.
Integrated as a single infrastructure with features like InfiniBand switch and Exadata, offering scalability and easy IT workflow integration.

CONS

Oracle SuperCluster lacks integration with DB2, SQL Server, and Hitachi SANs.
Better guidance and tools for troubleshooting ZFS issues are needed.
Obsolescence of the edition leads to lack of support and challenges in transitioning to new solutions.
Network connectivity issues have been a problem.
Recent updates signal no future production of new versions, limiting future expansion.
 

Oracle SuperCluster Pros review quotes

Reviewer329 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Team Lead - UNIX - Data Centre Operations. at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 22, 2018
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.
IO
Enterprise Server & Storage/Backup Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 24, 2018
A valuable feature is the Exadata Storage appliance, optimized for database queries.
reviewer1206969 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 13, 2019
The performance is significantly improved, and the administration is easy because it is a single platform end-to-end.
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reviewer1245153 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at a government with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 29, 2020
Our primary use case is for E-Business Suite applications the applications for the government, and most of the applications that use an HCM.
SN
Service Support Specialist at PRASA
Jun 3, 2020
Scalability and technical support.
AF
IT Technology Manager at Americana Group
Feb 28, 2021
The two features that I find to be the most valuable are high availability and high performance.
Shafiq Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of IT at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 18, 2022
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).
reviewer1206969 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 25, 2022
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.
ST
Associate Architect - Oracle Database at Virtusa Global
Jan 12, 2024
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.
Shafiq Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of IT at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 2, 2024
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.
 

Oracle SuperCluster Cons review quotes

Reviewer329 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Team Lead - UNIX - Data Centre Operations. at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 22, 2018
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.
IO
Enterprise Server & Storage/Backup Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 24, 2018
I would like to see control domain and zone management via a management console, similar to that of OVM.
reviewer1206969 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 13, 2019
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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reviewer1245153 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at a government with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 29, 2020
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.
SN
Service Support Specialist at PRASA
Jun 3, 2020
Not a very user friendly solution.
AF
IT Technology Manager at Americana Group
Feb 28, 2021
They may have made some improvements but based on the version that I am using, it is a little complicated because it is based on the Unix Operating system.
Shafiq Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of IT at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 18, 2022
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.
reviewer1206969 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 25, 2022
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.
ST
Associate Architect - Oracle Database at Virtusa Global
Jan 12, 2024
We have faced network connectivity issues.
Shafiq Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of IT at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 2, 2024
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.