Cisco UCS, Vblock and other hyper-converged systems exist but they are generally geared towards general purpose computing and not to any particular stack, hence they act as a jack of all trades and master of none. The Exadata Exalogic combination takes a specific tech stack …
Computers have gotten smaller but the ExaLogic rack takes it to the next level. The cost of electricity, real estate, and cooling are much more expensive when using other solutions. It is the engineering that gives it the edge against the competition.
It's hard to compare Oracle Exalogic Engineered Systems with anything else on the market. It's so purpose built for application performance and intended to be used in conjunction with other Oracle Engineered Systems. As I alluded to earlier in this review the cost may not be …