Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse) vs Oracle Exadata

Likelihood to Recommend

It is very well suited for big data analytics. Predictive modeling, optimization, and other large scale analysis benefit from using a properly defined SQL Data Warehouse. It is also suited for simple business intelligence such as building historical and active dashboards

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Verified User

Contributor in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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First, get the database on Oracle. If you are in an Oracle stack, it would be much better to use the Oracle products. If you are driving a Ferrari, you wouldn’t put a Mercedes engine in it. If you are writing a query, you cannot rely on other brands. Since I'm an architect, when I look for a product, I look for performance.
The installation is easy because it comes out-of-the-box and you just start using it.
Previous to Oracle Exadata, we were using a normal Oracle RAC service. We were just waiting for this product to come out.
I'm currently writing a data warehouse on Exadata. Before this solution, we were aiming for this to be completed by 8 a.m., when our ETLs would finish. With the help of Exadata's special features, this was reduced to 3 a.m. This solution allows us to bring more data within the same time period. It provides us with more subject areas that provide more reports to our users. Our ETL times reduced to 65%, then to 50%.

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Gurcan Orhan

Data WareHouse Architect

Ekol LogisticsTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

It is very cost-effective
Development time needed was much less in comparison to other systems
Played very nicely with our ETL and OLAP reporting tools

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Samir Patel, PMP

SQL Development Team Lead

Allianz Asset ManagementInvestment Management, 1001-5000 employees

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Customize-able for specific functionality optimized for combination of online transaction or analytical processing.
Ability to serve mix workloads with resource management feature enables prioritizing allocation for certain workload.
Scale-able on-premise with compatibility for cloud deployment offers flexible solution for organization considering to transition from on-premise solution.

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Limited T-SQL query library
It is not suitable for OLTP environment
Doesn't support cross-database queries

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Prabhu Sundararaj

Associate - Project

CognizantInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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Patching can often become quite involved and convoluted. It should be more transparent and straightforward.
Storage metrics can be difficult and time consuming to obtain.
Basic administrative functions can be hard to repair when discovered.
Vendor support can take a while to obtain. Generally several attempts are necessary to reach the right area of vendor expertise.

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Maurice Samuels

DBA

Duquesne Light CompanyUtilities, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse) 8.0

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It helps us to provide data just in time to our clients. With help of massively parallel processing, it consumes less time for both loading and querying the data and it also helps us to plan a more precise budget to our business and send just-in-time alerts in case of any outrage.

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Prabhu Sundararaj

Associate - Project

CognizantInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse) 7.9

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I like their Support team

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

SQL Data Warehousing is much easier to manage if you already have SQL Server experience and analysts who are familiar with its interface. We are currently piloting using NoSQL and Hadoop type databases but it is difficult to get set up properly. Additionally, we have to re-train our users to learn how to create python scripts and use spark to query the data

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Verified User

Contributor in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Oracle Exadata Database Machine had the best performance overall hands down. It clearly beat the competition and we were seeing 1000X improvement on SAP HANA. Oracle Exadata Database Machine beat that without us refactoring our code. To achieve that in HANA, we had to refactor the code somewhat. Now this was for our limited POC of 5 use cases. Given the large number of stored procedures we had in Sybase, we need to capture more production metrics but we are seeing incredible performance.

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Gene Baker

Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer

WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

We have had an improvement in our overall processing time
Cost was much lower than most of its competitors
Our reporting needs have grown and housing the data here has been great

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Samir Patel, PMP

SQL Development Team Lead

Allianz Asset ManagementInvestment Management, 1001-5000 employees

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Single support from a single vendor with both machine and database from Oracle, which is costing us less.
With Exadata, we need less technical manpower and less technical support. A business transaction with the integrated and centralized database helps us focus on other business needs.
We don't need to buy additional licenses and Hardware for the next 3 to 5 years.

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Habeeb Akbar

Sr. Product Manager/Consultant for Software Technologies and Infrastructure

Jeraisy Computer & Comm. ServicesComputer & Network Security, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Azure Synapse Analytics (Azure SQL Data Warehouse) Editions & Modules

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Oracle Exadata Editions & Modules

Edition

Quarter Rack	$14.5162¹
Database Server	$2.9032¹

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