Oracle Exadata Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 9.8 out of 10

Score

9.8 out of 10

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Pros

Elasticity and Scalability: Users have appreciated the elasticity and scalability provided by Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service, allowing for the consolidation of thousands of databases into one unified solution. This flexibility enables organizations to adapt to changing business needs efficiently.

High-Speed Computing Capabilities: Reviewers have consistently highlighted the high-speed computing capabilities of Exadata, resulting in accelerated processing of analytics workloads. The fast performance contributes to improved productivity and decision-making processes for users.

Operational Efficiency Enhancements: Customers have found that Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service offers zero downtime for Oracle patches, faster I/O compared to non-Exadata solutions, and supports scripting using bash and sh, enhancing operational efficiency across various tasks. These features streamline operations and contribute to a smoother workflow for users.

Reviews

24 Reviews

Oracle Exadata as Cloud-Native Database in AWSOracle DatabaseAWS.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 7, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

One of the motivations for using Oracle Exadata is its availability on AWS as a cloud service. Oracle Exadata service is available on AWS as the Oracle Database@AWS service. Because we are already using Oracle RAC in the On-premises Data Center, we wanted similar multi-node Oracle RAC availability in AWS/Azure. We have been using the Oracle database features extensively in

our products. With growing customers, data, and transaction volumes, we are seeing Exadata as a workload beast that provides the best Oracle database performance optimization. Because Oracle Exadata comes with a large number of machines and storage, database consolidation has been another reason to choose it.

Pros

Engineered system, well optimized for running Oracle database.
High Availability and Scalability.
Database Performance.
Huge size of Hardware like CPU, RAM and storage.

Cons

Exadata comes as an appliance so doesn’t support much customization.
I couldn’t install the latest python version on this machine.
Better Oracle support.

Likelihood to Recommend

Oracle Exadata is well-suited for environments where massive performance for Oracle databases is required. Storage indexes reduce the unnecessary I/O. Smart Flash

Cache accelerates random reads/writes.

Our OLTP application demands very high concurrency. Multi-node Exadata provides high availability and zero downtime during DB patching. It comes with lots of built-in automations, so it reduces many routine tasks for sysadmins, like network, storage, and VM configuration, and it also reduces many Oracle DBA tasks, like Oracle software installation, patching, and upgrades.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Highly powerful engineered Machine

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 19, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Oracle Exadata to consolidate our enterprise databases on single platform . It provides low latency , excellent performance for any kind of applications. Both OLTP and OLAP application databases were hosted . It provides high redundancy and very good fault tolerance

Pros

Low latency 10X performance
Various compression features
Flexible configuration based on needs
Smart Scan , Flash storage , Storage indexing

Cons

Too expensive
Integration with third party

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for large scale enterprise databases which needs high performance . It may not be a great fit for small databases because of its cost factor. We need to be ready to accept the maintenance time as sometime it takes days to completely patch the machine and databases and cell servers . There is no downtime incurred

Pappi Reddy

Senior Database Administrator in Information Technology at Pharma Product Development (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

8 years of experience

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Excellent Uniquely Designed DB Machine

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 13, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Various database servers for Healthcare applications. Use cases span from typical transactional systems to data warehouse and analytics. Important criteria: database performance, data safety, 24x7 non-stop operations, High Availability. These are critical for real-time applications serving customers in healthcare industry.

Pros

High speed of SQL operations due to a unique design of Exadata with offloading of SQL processing to storage cells
Built-in High Availability of a DB server due to it's base architecture of a multi-node Oracle Real Application Cluster
High overall sever performance due to its use of a proprietary "Smart Cache" feature utilizing a high speed flash memory
Excellent scalability of a DB server by adding cluster nodes as well as expanding it into a network of serially connected clusters

Cons

The process of patching and upgrade of Exadata server components could be improved with a goal to minimize the overall effort, make it fully automated and transparent.
Improved guidelines and possibly more sophisticated tools for sizing of new Exadata servers for migration from old legacy hardware.

Likelihood to Recommend

While Oracle Exadata is specific to Oracle products, it is universal enough to provide excellent high speed and reliable DB service for all types of business applications. It is also extremely efficient for datawarehouse and analytical systems due to Exadata's SQL performance in high data volume processes.

Verified User

Retiree (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

8 years of experience

Highly Scalable and Elastic Database Workload Platform: Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

April 1, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently, I use Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service to run an extensive range of enterprise workloads with automation which reduces operational costs and time. Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service is used across the entire organization, but not in all business units.

Pros

Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service provides elasticity and scalability.
Consolidation of thousands databases in one unified solution.
It involves less time to run analytics workloads.

Cons

Lack of enough documentation and whitepapers for features.

Likelihood to Recommend

All marketing processes in my organization have been simplified by Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service through infusing AI and personalizing analytics in real-time.

Andrea McConnell

Marketing Automation Specialist in Marketing at Swinerton (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Oracle Exadata Database Machine for zero downtime and fast I/O

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 21, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Recently our client's Oracle database servers were migrated to Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Due to this migration, downtime has reduced drastically. Previously we had downtime during Oracle patching but now there is no downtime. The Oracle Exadata Database Machine is faster. It supports scripting using bash. The computing speed is high. The performance of queries has increased a lot. Our business is running smoothly due to this.

Pros

Zero downtime for Oracle patches
Faster I/O as compared to non-exadata
Scripting using bash and sh

Cons

Patching is complex because of zero downtime
Configuration is complex
Hardware needs improvement

Likelihood to Recommend

Oracle Exadata Database Machine is suitable for critical business for which there should not be any downtime. It is suitable for business which requires fast computation speeds. It is suitable where business runs many queries. The performance of queries is really very good in Oracle Exadata Database Machine. It is suitable for business where we need scripting through bash and sh.

Ankur Karmakar

Programmer Analyst Trainee in Engineering at Cognizant (10,001+ employees)

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Oracle Exadata Database Machine offers in-memory performance for our DB transactions

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 29, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Oracle Exadata Database Machine is our enterprise standard for SQL databases. My department has a large application on Sybase ASE 16 and we evaluated a number of platforms to migrate onto from Sybase. After reviewing MS-SQL, SAP HANA, IBM DB2 and Exadata, Exadata emerged as the winner. We put in place a two year project plan to migrate about 50 TB of data, 24 databases * 7 instances, 8000 stored procedures and about 1,500 tables. Our business problem we were solving was to collapse 7 instances of our application into 1, eliminate multiple copies of data and migrate off of dedicated hardware, moving to our enterprise Exadata offering us the database as a service.

Pros

High Speed Computing
History Tables

Cons

Implementation of temporary tables
SQL Developer attempt to convert T-SQL to PL-SQL could be better

Likelihood to Recommend

Oracle Exadata Database Machine is a great platform. My only concern with the platform is the fact that it runs on dedicated proprietary hardware provided by Oracle because it is treated as a "machine." Our prior database installation of Sybase could run on a variety of hardware devices. Same with SAP HANA, MS-SQL, and DB2. But given the way the organization is utilizing the Oracle Exadata Database Machine as the enterprise solution and providing the database as a service. I was less concerned about that because my team is no longer responsible for patching the hardware or database software. That is all handled for us because we are receiving the service. Oracle Exadata Database Machine is well suited for mission-critical large scale installations given the cost of entry to get the platform. We are running on-premise. I do know that oracle also offers a cloud-based service.

Gene Baker

Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer in Information Technology at WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo Company (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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Exadate the real database machine

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

October 31, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The Exadata Machine is used as a centralized database for ERP applications, and some other inhouse applications. It is used for the whole organization. It helps us increase processing speed and leads to less downtime.

Pros

The transaction process is very fast.
Scalable and reliable.
The best IO performance for large data.

Cons

Hardware support needs improvement.
Configuration should be easy, and customers should be able to handle it without experts.
It should also be available with the Solaris operating system.

Likelihood to Recommend

Exadata machine is well suited for customers who have mission-critical data with high transactional and high availability database requirements.

We had 9 Oracle databases on different Hardware machines, we merged all those databases into a single Exadata, and today we are having higher performance than before. It is not very appropriate for customers who have a very small database, and users below 25.

Habeeb Akbar

Sr. Product Manager/Consultant for Software Technologies and Infrastructure in Product Management at Jeraisy Computer & Comm. Services (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

Reseller

6 years of experience

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The best you can get!

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 23, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using Exadata for about 8 months and have been loving it. Most of the time it is used by the BI applications team and we don't get any bad feedback from then. If you want the ORDM, go for it. It's fast and effective. Migration to the database is easy as well.

Pros

Fast.
Effective.
Easy to migrate.

Cons

Can be time-consuming in the beginning.

Likelihood to Recommend

Oracle Exadata is well suited to simplify databases and IT management with high levels of consolidation.

Verified User

Engineer in Professional Services (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Specifically engineered platform for running Oracle Database efficiently

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 10, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our organization utilizes Oracle Exadata Database Machine as analytical database system. It is primarily used by business analytics and reporting units throughout the organization. As an enterprise grade database appliance with optimized computing platform, it enables users to execute aggregation of huge data faster than using commodity servers. Thus it is a dependable system to generate mission critical reports.

Pros

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.

Cons

Integrating with different types of databases can be a challenge
Having a hardware platform optimized to run specific database software surely comes with a price
Single vendor to support same hardware and software will make migrating to different hardware and/or software become a hassle

Likelihood to Recommend

Oracle Exadata Database Machine is perfect for organization which already familiar with Oracle Databases which want to run their database on an infrastructure specifically engineered to run Oracle Database efficiently and get the best performance possible. Using same vendor for both hardware and software for database also eliminate the complexity of managing multiple vendors for different hardware and software. However, for organization which already invested on various commodity hardware and using multiple databases software. Migrating to Exadata Database Machine which can only run Oracle Database will surely comes with a price.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Exadata does better than most

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 9, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Exadata is used extensively to support various business intelligence teams. It allows for high speed delivery of data as well as fast replication to other environments. It also allows for a siloed approach for delivering discrete database solutions. As an architected solution, we can quickly realize features and components that will be highly utilized as well as those that will not.

Pros

RAC/clustered database technology
RMAN duplicate and cloning
Full sh/bash/ksh support
Generally faster i/o throughput versus non-exadata

Cons

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

Any area where a highly architected database solution is needed, Exadata is a good fit. It is generally built to order so cooperative configuration and build phases are executed between the vendor and business and technology teams. When full adherence to the latest database technology and hardware support are needed.

Anytime RAC/clustered database technology is needed.

Maurice Samuels

DBA in Information Technology at Duquesne Light Company (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

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Oracle Exadata Database Machine offers in-memory performance for our DB transactions

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 29, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

High Speed Computing
History Tables

Cons

Implementation of temporary tables
SQL Developer attempt to convert T-SQL to PL-SQL could be better

Likelihood to Recommend

Gene Baker

Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer in Information Technology at WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo Company (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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